Going back in detail about Hema Sankalia’s childhood, Tanu Sankalia talks about what he noticed from the stories from her childhood, her erudite parents, and their careers. Losing her father at 6 months, he talks about the greater influences that bore over the little girls growing up while moving cities a lot. He also talks about his early childhood growing up between his mother’s work at the firm and the life they had in Bombay. He goes into detail about her journey at Sir J J School of Art and talks about the decision that led her to move to Pune along with his grandmother. He talks about her setting up her firm in the garage of her home and how this early exposure influenced his own career choices.  In her journey through college and onwards, she met several talented individuals and made lasting relationships that she carried into her professional life, including her peers as well as professors. On the personal front, she went on to marry a History major, Shireesh Sankalia, after meeting him through mutual architect friends in 1957. 

The conversation then steers back to the time when she was denied the opportunity to pursue further education abroad due to a gender bias within the family, which eventually affected her chances to get greater exposure as an architect, he notes B V Doshi was able to pursue. He then goes on to talk about the eminent architects that came post-independence and formed part of her group in Bombay. During the Bauhaus training, they were exposed to classical history and historical monuments through field trips, which must have influenced her early understanding of architecture, notes Tanu. Also, he notes how Chandigarh, from the mid-late 1950s,  became the center of attention due to Corbusier’s work. He also includes Bombay, Mody & Colgan, and some early government work to have influenced her early thinking. Moving on to her aspirations as a fresh graduate, he notes how the young architects of her generation wanted to create the entire space with interior design. Concluding with the early beginnings of CAC Hema was involved, he remarks on the details of modern aesthetics and design aspirations of the time.