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My Life My Style: Jaydev M Mody

'Surrounded by goddesses'

Jaydev M Mody
BS Weekend Team
Last Updated : Oct 25 2014 | 12:17 AM IST
Best work moment
The day I started my business, when I was 22 years old

Books on your bedside
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

Massage or workout to de-stress
A good, hard massage

Favourite accessory
My multi-accessories charger, iPhone and iPad

Designs that've caught your eye recently
Furniture by Josmo Studio

Favourite spirit
Laphroaig 10-year-old single malt

Your sleeping ritual
As late as possible

Favourite TV show
Seinfeld

Best gift received
An envelope stuffed with Rs 11,000 that I got from my mother every birthday; a Mercedes Benz from my wife on my 50th

Favourite cuisine
Chinese

Newspaper and TV channels and websites you prefer
Papers by the Times Group, National Geographic channel

Where do you like to sit when being driven? Upfront with driver or back seat like sahib?
Always upfront with the driver

On a plane, do you prefer to network, sleep or catch up on films and reading?
Depends on who is around... but mostly sleep

Fancy coffee or masala tea
Masala tea

What do you cook on your day off?
A Gujarati meal for my family when overseas

Are you a beach or a mountain person?
Mountain

Your favourite city
New York

What's your fragrance?
Cool Water

You get your work clothes from
Kachins in Tardeo

Your shaving mantra
Clean every day

The gels and oils and lotions you swear by
Good ol' Gillette shaving gel

Your favourite evening wear
Chinos and a Tommy Bahama or a Nat Nast shirt

What's your weekday breakfast like? And weekend?
Idli and dosa as often as possible

Your current set of wheels
Freelander 2, coming soon

God for you is…
My saviour

Favourite cafe
Kayani's

Favourite restaurant
Royal China

Workday lunch is
Home-cooked Gujarati food

Your workout regime
A 50-minute walk every day

Your ideal holiday
Ten days in Goa, New York or Kenya

Your ideal dance music
Pink Floyd for all occasions

At parties do you like to talk turkey or make PC?
Depends on the mood

A few of your goddesses are
My three daughters, my wife, my sisters and mother. Surrounded by goddesses!

Alpha males you know
Most of the males I know are alpha! Tough!

Your favourite motto
Stay below the radar and keep my mouth shut!
Jaydev M Mody
Chairman, Delta Corp

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First Published: Oct 25 2014 | 12:17 AM IST

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