My Life My Style: King Jassim

Humble harmony

Best work moment
Being on air on Worldspace Satellite Radio Network; hosting India's first hip-hop show, Lucky Ali and Low Rhyderz’s India tour; my songs hitting the airwaves in Jamaica, Costa Rica and the USA

Books on your bedside
Currently Nelson Mandela: Portrait of an Extraordinary Man by Richard Stengel

To destress, massage or workout?
Workout!!

Designs that have caught your eye recently
Some incredible designs by travelling hippie craftsmen in Goa. And Louis Vuitton’s window display never fails to catch my attention

Your IT tools
Now limited to BlackBerry, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google and SoundCloud

Favourite spirit
The spirit of compassion and oneness!

 

Favourite wine
I am a teetotaller

Your sleeping ritual
With whom...? Kidding. My body needs eight hours of sleep. I make sure I get it

Favourite TV shows
Two and a Half Men, Just for Laughs, MTV Sound Tripping

Best gift received
I remember a few cards, sneakers, watches and a framed photograph of myself

Best gift given
My paintings. I had drawn and posted Diana King's portrait and a bottle of sandalwood oil to her on her birthday

What food items do you like to shop for?
Nutella, fruits, vegetables, bread and dairy products

Where you sit when being driven: in front with the driver or in the back seat like a sahib?
In front with the driver . I don't like the whole sahib kind of swag. Everyone is equal

On your day off, you cook...
Nutella pancakes with Tahiti and banana

Do you fill out customer feedback forms? Why?
If I feel it’s going to send the message across, I surely will

Are you a beach person or a mountain person?
I was born a couple of miles from the Arabian Sea. Beach life from the word go

What’s your cologne?
Jacomo, Echo

What’s your shaving mantra?
Trimming, mostly. When I shave its just blade, soap, water, mirror, precision and an aftershave. So again, it’s hard work and no mantra!

Your bathing preferences — shower, tub or bucket?
Preference order: shower, bucket and tub. Often the tub gets ruled out by images in my mind of people experiencing water scarcity

What’s your weekday breakfast like? And weekend?
Mom's traditional maple Malabar cuisine. When away from home, English breakfast, porridge, pancakes

Your current wheels
No wheels, only chassis. I don't own a vehicle

God for you is…
Allah

Favourite café
Cafe Noir, Bangalore. Cafe Lilliput, Goa. Daily bread, Puducherry

Workday lunch is:
Always delayed or never there

Your workout regime
Gym, jogging, preference of staircase and dance.

Your ideal holiday
Most holidays have been spent in the Western Ghats, or any place with nature intact

Your ideal dance music
Dancehall, reggae, hip-hop, dub step and drum-and-bass

At parties, do you talk turkey or make PC?
I just dance, dance and dance!

A few of your goddesses
There’s way too much beauty out there

Alpha males you know
Lucky Ali, my bandmates mAIn E yAk, Sash and Charles

Your motto
Live a simple life, being not a slave to the system. Try uplifting a few lives or moods during our lifetime, that should be filled with compassion, humbleness and harmony

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King Jassim
Reggae singer and songwriter