From Manwani to Baloo Bhegde

Harish Manwani, chairman Hindustan Unilever Ltd and president for Asia, Africa and East & Central Europe at Unilever Plc, during his interview with Business Today

Nitin Paranjpe, CEO, Hindustan Unilever Ltd, gestures during his interview with Business Today

Harish Manwania and Nitin Paranjpe in front of the Kwality Wall's Swirl's parlour at the HUL headquarters in Andheri

Children of Ghotawade village, 30 kilometres off Pune, play with HUL product sachets

Gopal Vittal, HUL's executive director for home & personal care, picks up some groceries for home

Hemant Bakshi, executive director sales and customer development, holds a Samsung Galaxy Tab in his hand, something all HUL sales agents carry nowadays

Shakti Amma Vandana Bhegde, in the red saree (centre), shows her stocks of HUL products to shoppers

Neighbours check out products at Shakti Amma Vandana Bhegde's living room, at Bhegdewadi, a hamlet within Ghotawade village

Baloo Bhegde (right), Vandana's husband, works as a Shaktiman for HUL, distributing stocks at a shop in Ghotawade bazaar

Ballo Bhegde carries HUL stocks on his Hercules bicycle to neighbouring village shops