In this episode of Talking Point enjoy a candid chat with the effervescent Anita Kaul Basu. From her days as a journalist, to setting up one of biggest production houses in Indian television, Big Synergy with her husband Siddharth Basu, Anita shares what an exciting joyride her career has been so far. An exemplar of a modern day woman, Anita talks about the balancing act of career and family, the benchmarks of indian reality shows, and why there?s a dearth of original reality TV shows in India.

This episode of Talking Point takes you to BBC Worldwide India?s office to have a chat with their General Manager and Senior Vice President Myleeta Aga. Over the last few years BBC Worldwide India has been doing some ground breaking work, be it as a format producer or content producer. Myleeta shares her journey with the organization. In this episode, catch her talk about how audience in india are gradually becoming more open to radical content on television channels moving to seasonal style of shows in fiction, and why India can have its own Game of Thrones in a couple of years

If you thought being a boss was an easy task, you might want to think again. A boss isn?t someone who simply directs but also leads. It is a tough balance to strike between a task master, guide, leader and a role model. And most often than not, it is a thankless job. 

This week Exec Lifestyle caught up with several media executives and asked them if they can assess what type of bosses they thought they were. The answers are amusing. Have a look.

In this episode of Talking Point our host chats up the dynamic managing director of Maxus south Asia region, Kartik Sharma. With an experience of over two decades in media and advertisement, Sharma has led his team to win several awards.

In this interview he speaks of how target oriented advertisement is the future of digital advertisement, the role of data in it and why he prefers advertisement to entertain over advertisement educate.

In this episode of Talking Point, Exec Lifestyle chats up Cyrus Oshidar.

Touted as one of the 10 most influential people from advertising world in India, Oshidar is

credited for his inputs in giving MTV India its iconic brand image.

In this candid chat with our host Papri Das, Cyrus opens up on his new digital venture

101India.com, and how digital will give away for sharing unconventional stories.

Even in this digital era, when storage is a matter of gigabytes and compressions, there is a different joy in collecting something physically tangible. Cherished over the years, collectibles offer a sense of fulfillment and nostalgia. From movie DVDs, whiskey bottles, stamps -- here is what some of the top media executives love collecting.