My Life My Style: Sanjaya Baru
'Singh is King'
Weekend Team 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