My Life My Style: Rahul Prasad

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Best work moment
Every day, between 3.30 pm and 5.30 pm when Asia is winding down, Europe is at lunch and the US is still not at work - I can actually get some work done.

Books on your bedside
The Lonely Planet guide to Namibia and Botswana

Massage or workout to de-stress
Cross-training followed by Shiatsu

Favourite accessory
Any Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet or IWC wristwatch

Designs that have caught your eye recently
Fondazioni Prada building in Milan designed by Rem Koolhaas

Your IT tools
The iPhone 6 and the new razor thin Apple Macbook

Favourite cocktail
Negroni

Favourite wine
Chateau de Nardon 2002 Bordeaux Superieur

Favourite champagne
Louis Roederer Brut Cristal 2006

Favourite TV show
Orange is the New Black

Best gift received
Being brought into this world by my parents

Best gift given
A holiday in Kenya gifted to myself

Favourite cuisine
North Indian

What food items do you like to shop for?
Shopping for cheese and meats to bring back to India

Newspaper and TV channels and websites you prefer
Newspapers: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal; TV Channels: ABC/CBS News, Netflix, NatGeo;  websites: Google, I guess!

Where do you like to sit when being driven? Upfront with driver of back seat like sahib?
Upfront, even in taxi cabs

On a plane, do you prefer to network, sleep or catch up on films and reading?
Read

Fancy coffee or masala tea?
Masala tea

What do you cook on your day off?
Indian multi-dish fare for friends

Do you fill customer feedback forms? Why?
Only at luxury establishments so they can up the ante in terms of service and products

Are you a beach or mountain person?
Sun, sand and sea all the way

Your favourite city?
Tokyo - Bladerunner meets the Edo period

What's your fragrance?
Bottega Veneta

You get your work clothes from
Ermenegildo Zegna

The shoemaker you trust your sole with
Berluti and John Lobb

What's your weekday breakfast like? And weekend?
Weekday simple cereal, eggs and toast. Weekends full English breakfast with bacon and baked beans

Your current set of wheels
Triumph Thruxton 900

God for you is…
a creation of a very imaginative mind!!

Favourite cafe
Cafe Marly at the Louvre

Workday lunch is...
like winning the lottery as it is such a rarity

Your ideal holiday
In the savannah in Africa or diving in South East Asia

At parties do you like to talk turkey or make PC?
Let others do the talking!

A few of your Goddesses are
my girlfriend, my mother and my sister. I still have one 'Goddess' slot open!

Alpha males you know
Me, myself and I, that's three people right there

Your favourite motto
What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger

Rahul Prasad, Managing director (Asia Pacific and India),Pike Preston Partners