 "Sanjaya Baru")
Best work moment
When the media declared "Singh is King!"
Books on your bedside
Graham Greene, Raymond Chandler, Pico Iyer
Massage or workout to de-stress
Massage
Favourite accessory
A fancy pen
Designs that have caught your eye recently
Mahindra's Thar
Your IT tools
iPad
Favourite spirit
Glenfiddich
Favourite wine
Cloudy Bay
Favourite champagne
Anything bubbly
Your sleeping ritual
Seven hours every night
Favourite TV show
The Anthony Bourdain food show
Favourite cuisine
Andhra-Telangana spicy- spicy
What food items do you like to shop for?
Cheese and bread
Newspapers and TV channels and websites you prefer?
Financial Times, TLC and New York Review of Books
On a plane, do you prefer to network, sleep or catch up on films and reading?
Watch movies
What's your weekday and weekend breakfast?
Eggs and toast on weekdays and upma/ idli on weekends
God for you is…
A night sky full of stars...the kind you get to see in distant mountains or on a Hawaiian island.
Your current set of wheels
Honda Civic
What's your fragrance?
Pasha
Where do you like to sit when being driven, upfront with driver or back seat like a sahib?
Back seat
Favourite cafe
Baci, Delhi
Favourite restaurant
Andhra Bhavan
Your workout regime
Gym thrice a week and regular walks
Your ideal holiday
In the hills or the countryside
The shoemaker you trust your sole with?
The neighbourhood cobbler
Your shaving mantra
Old Spice
The gels and oils and lotions you swear by
Coconut oil
Fancy coffee or masala tea?
Filter coffee
What do you cook on your day off?
Omlettes for breakfast and Andhra/ Telangana food
At parties do you like to talk turkey or make PC?
Gossip
Are you a beach or mountain person?
Mountains ... Long walks
Your favourite city
Hyderabad
Your ideal dance music
Waltz
Your favourite evening wear
Linen shirt
A few of your Goddesses are
Catherine Zeta Jones, Aparna Sen, Madhuri Dixit
Alpha males you know
P Chidambaram, Sitaram Yechury
Your favourite motto
Work while you work, play while you play!
SANJAYA BARU
Author of The Accidental Prime Minister, director for geo-economics and strategy, IISS
Author of The Accidental Prime Minister, director for geo-economics and strategy, IISS
