India's First Fashion Designer On Building An Empire She Never Planned |Masoom Minawala | Ritu Kumar

Most of our stuff was taken to Lancaster, to England, copied and sent back to India. We are carrying the colonial hangover where every word has to have a reference to the west otherwise it doesn't exist. You are the first lady of Indian fashion. But you said once that fashion isn't really my beat. No, I really never was a fashion

designer and I never attempted to be one. I started working with crafts by complete accident. If I had to do it on my own, I would have been doing 20 saris a month and enjoyed myself. Shushmita goes and wins. It was like the country had won a cricket match. >> The influencers of yesterday. The word

zozi was not there. I put zoi. Now today it's become a generic term. >> The headline of this article was we have found the jakamu of India. >> That's your colonial baggage that we are carrying. We'll have to shed it. Great insecurity that we have as a country. I just didn't find it fair. The 90 years

of brainwashing. It'll take a lot to begin having your own handwriting. This is the legend of legends of Indian passion. And I can't believe I finally sit down with her today after one year of trying to make this happen to finally get the story behind the iconic Vita Kumar. Firstly, thank you so so much Mrs. Kumar

for welcoming us into your home and for being you know agreeing to do this. I think it's been one year that I've been >> sorry about that mean one thing after another and I'm trying not to do too much of this. >> I know I can I understand and it was worth the wait.

>> Thank you. Thank you. >> And you know I I told your team I said no matter how long it takes >> I heard >> we're going to do this. So I'm consistent, wonderful girl. >> Thank you. Thank you so much. It all worked out. I mean you are a living legend and I think what you have done is