My Life My Style: Atul Ruia

Best work moment
Enjoying one of the finest meals of my life at Yuuka, the Japanese restaurant at the Palladium Hotel

Books by your bedside
Steve Jobs' autobiography and the latest The Economist

Massage or workout to de-stress
An intense workout at the Palladium Hotel gym followed by an excellent sports massage at its
superb spa

Favourite accessory
My Gucci loafers

Designs that have caught your eye recently
Hackett polo shirts

Your IT tools
My Samsung phone

Favourite spirit
Caoila single malt

Your sleeping ritual
A very dark and very cold room

Favourite TV show
Two and a Half Men

Best gift received
Birthday cards made by my daughters

Best gift given
I enjoy buying jewellery for Gayatri [wife] for every occasion, big or small

Favourite cuisine
Indian and Japanese

What food items do you like to shop for?
Cheese at the Foodhall, Palladium Mall

Newspaper and TV channels and websites you prefer
The usual

Where do you like to sit when being driven? Up front with driver or back seat like a sahib?
Depends, but usually up front

On a plane, do you prefer to network, sleep or catch up on films and reading?
Definitely sleep, watch movies and read

Fancy coffee or masala tea?
A good espresso or a fine Darjeeling tea

What do you cook on your day off?
Cheese souffle

Do you fill customer feedback forms? Why?
After seeing how much value customer feedback has brought to Palladium Mall and Hotel, I have become committed to sharing feedback

Are you a beach or a mountain person?
I enjoy the mountains and my wife the beach, so as a family we do a fair share of both

Your favourite cities
Bangalore and London

What's your fragrance?
Chanel No 5

You get your work clothes from
Canali and Burberry

The gels, oils and lotions you swear by
Kiehls

Your favourite evening wear
I enjoy shopping at the Palladium Mall as the array of good merchandise and ease of navigation make it efficient and fruitful

What's your weekday breakfast like? And weekend?
Weekday breakfast is scrambled egg whites with a brown toast and a shot glass of juice. Sunday breakfasts are indulgent with waffles

Your current set of wheels
BMW and Mahindra XUV

God for you is
Omnipotent and nurturing

Favourite restaurant
Sahib Room and Kipling Bar at the Palladium Hotel

Your workout regime
Running, yoga, swimming and weights, two to three times throughout the week

Your ideal dance music
I am an 80s' boy at heart

A few of your Goddesses are
My mother Amla and daughters Sharanya and Tarini, who all have Goddess Durga's names...

Alpha males you know
In the urban world we live in, I feel everyone is an alpha type personality

Your favourite motto
There's no such thing as a free lunch …

Atul Ruia
Managing director, The Phoenix Mills, Mumbai