Favourite fashion designer:
Wendell Rodricks (for the Goa bum in me)
Favourite spirit:
Hendricks Gin
Favourite champagne:
Piper-Heidsieck
Favourite wine:
Rasa Shiraz
Choice of cuisine:
Japanese
What food items do you like to shop for and why?
Cheese, cured meats and foie gras on my visits to Europe
Newspapers, TV channels and websites that you prefer: ·
FT.com, The New York Times online, BBC.com, Facebook, Business Standard
Your sleeping ritual:
Sleep on my left side, earplug in the right ear
Favourite TV show:
Mad Men
Books on your bedside:
Homer’s Odyssey, Orhan Pamuk’s My Name is Red
Massage or workout to de-stress:
Massage at home once a week, gym or run at the racecourse every day, yoga once a week.
Your IT tools: ·
Blackberry, MacBook
Where do you like to sit when being driven?
In the front passenger seat so I can control the music
On a plane do you prefer to network, sleep or catch up on films and reading?
Catch up on my Economist reading, sleeping on longer flights
Fancy coffee or masala tea?
Lavazza espresso at office, filter coffee at home
Can you cook?
No, but I have daily interactions with my chef
Are you a beach or mountain person?
I love them both but I spend 10 times as much time on the beach since Goa is a 50-minute flight away!
What’s your cologne?
Chanel Allure Homme Edition Blanche
You get your suits from:
Bespoke from Kachins
What’s your shaving mantra?
Head or face on alternate days
Who’s your favourite shoe-maker?
Barkers
Your bathing preferences: Shower, tub or bucket?
Shower. Tubs should be banned in Mumbai
What are your weekday and weekend breakfasts like?
Freshly-squeezed seasonal juice, filter coffee, toasted brown bread with our own organic free-range eggs and cheddar, salami and tomatoes
Your current set of wheels?
Honda CRV for the highway, Chevy Beat for the city
In the car is it sleep or cell for you?
Unfortunately cell all the way
God for you is…
An excellent concept
Favourite café:
Pali Village Café Bandra
Favourite restaurant:
Trishna
Workday lunch is:
Dabba of organic veggies, normally asparagus, from my Nashik kitchen garden
What’s your workout regime?
Lifting weights, yoga, a 5-kilometre run, tennis, beach pong
Your ideal holiday:
Ibiza for the opening parties
At parties do you like to talk turkey or PC?
Flirt or dance
A few of your Goddesses are:
Kali Maa!
Alpha males you know:
Diwan Rahul Nanda – the original!
Your favourite motto:
First things first, second things never
Rajeev Samant, CEO, Sula Vineyards
