What are you reading at the moment? What did you recently finish reading? What have you learnt from it?
Currently I am reading The Idea of India by Sunil Khilnani. I recently finished reading Is this Bottle Corked — The Secret Life Of Wine by Kathleen Burk and Michael Bywater.
This book is for an oenophile (wine lover) to understand what wine to drink with which dish, how to swirl, sniff, slosh and pronounce upon our wine.
The one book all leaders must read... The Leadership Engine: How Winning Companies Build Leaders At Every Level by Noel M. Tichy.
One book everyone in your sector should pick up... The Art Of War by Sun Tzu
What kind of books would you normally buy while travelling?
I buy books ranging across genres. For instance — Lance Armstrong’s It's Not About The Bike Haruki Murakami’s Norwegian Wood and Tarun Tejpal’s The Story Of My Assassins
Have you written any books? If not, do you plan to write in future?
I would like to contribute a chapter to a book entitled ‘Leadership Without Borders’.
The books you grew up with? What did you like most about it? Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift, Ali Baba, Phantom comics. As I child I loved the expanse a book could offer you. You could travel without moving an inch to wonderlands, embark upon unknown adventures — the array of exploring an unlimited imagination and the classic cases of the victory of good over evil.
Your book shelf consists of....
Books that cut across a number of genres such as political economy, leadership, autobiographies and biographies, world event, novels, sports etc. Some of these books include; Midnight’s ChildrenTo Kill A Mocking Bird, Grapes of Wrath, Mao -The Unknown Story, the biographies of Tony Blair and Jawaharlal Nehru among others.
Where do you shop for books?
Amazon Online or Fakhir & Sons and Full Circle in Khan Market, New Delhi.
Have your reading habits changed in the past four or five years? If so, how....
Yes my reading habits have changed over time. I now spend less time on current news and have gone back to reading the great classics of the last century.
One book you cherish that you received as a gift...and who gave it to you. Innovation and Entrepreneurship authored and given to me by Peter F. Drucker.
A version of this interview was published in the Businessworld Issue Dated 26 May - 01 June 2009
Reading Room 
What are you reading at the moment? What did you recently finish reading? What have you learnt from it? 
Your book shelf consists of.... 
