Managing Performing Living: Effective Management for a New Era by Fredmund Malik gives the most thorough, real-world perspective to anyone stepping into the corporate world. It’s an effective, hands-on manual on how to understand people management better.

Anand, starring Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan, was a hard-hitting eye-opener. It helped me realise that life is not about the number of years you live but the moments you accumulate and how you live those.

True to my roots, kori roti tops my list. Eating spicy chicken with the crisp roti is a sheer delight, I can’t praise the combination enough. My mother prepares it the traditional way, which I prefer to its modern-day reinventions.

I enjoy nursing a non-alcoholic mojito every once in a while. In terms of variations, I prefer raspberry mojito because it is zingy, fruity and flavourful.

Kerala is my favourite holiday destination – it is serene and complete. It’s a wonderful place, where you get to enjoy nature and a modern lifestyle at the same time. Moreover, it is here that I decided to hone my photography skills.