I begin my day
I leave home early, that is around seven in the morning. I actually sacrifice my early morning sleep to make it to the gym, which is next to my work place. At the gym it's mostly a session of calisthenics. I lug my breakfast along with me, which is mostly some light sandwiches to go along with a nice hot cup of tea from office.

My diet regime
I don't follow a strict diet, but I am definitely careful about what I eat. If I happen to gorge on sweets and desert at night, I workout even more to compensate for it the next morning. To maintain myself, I often grab some low calorie food for lunch. Dinner is one meal of the day that I look forward, as after a long days' work I am usually at peace with myself. I love non- vegetarian food; in fact I must confess that I simply can't resist it. I freak out on chicken and prawns. To dine out I love going to Tantra in Andheri, and simply relish the sumptuous kababs at Bade Miyan in Colaba.

Shopping
I don't really shop much. And whenever I go shopping, I stick to branded stuff since I don't know how to bargain at all. Provogue is one brand I wear almost all the time. Apart from this, my other favourites remain Nike, Color Plus and Arrow. Since, I am not too much into shopping, I sometimes tell some of my very close friends my requirements and budget and they get it for me.

Travel Destination
I am extremely fond of travelling but unfortunately most of the time I am not able to. I normally don't like going out of India much, as I feel that India is in itself a mini globe. I had recently gone to Sikkim with a few friends. It was great fun remembering the good old days and pulling each other's leg.

Relaxing Mantra
I quite enjoy my work, so I don't really feel stressed. But after a long day at work, I love to generally relax and watch television or just chat with my friends. Watching television also keeps me well informed of all the happening around the world which is very important in our profession.

In conversation wiith Shailesh Kapoor, Head of Marketing and Content, Filmy Sahara

Gadgets and Gizmos
Being an engineer I ought to love gadgets, but I am not really a gizmo freak. I own a Sony Ericsson K750 mobile phone. I do possess a DVD player and a laptop which are basic necessities for me. Though, I don't like to buy too many of gadgets & but I but I do like to read and know more about them.

My Favourite Car
I drive the Palio which I have been driving for the last three years. And for the near future, I want to possess a Mercedes, just as every one else.

On Books
I am not too fond of books. I think reading requires a lot of devotion and time. I am more of an outdoor person. So, even when I have time on hand I do not like returning home early from work. I would much rather go out with my friends rather than sit at home and read. Sometimes I read fiction if I am ever in a mood to read. Recently, I quite enjoyed reading Richard Barker's production management book- Goal.

I have a fetish for
I have a great fetish for movies. I just love watching movies and I am a self confessed movie buff. I prefer watching more of Bollywood masala stuff rather than Hollywood. My all time favourite is Sholay. I loved watching Lagaan and from the Hollywood world, I loved Devil's Advocate. Rishikesh Mukherjee, Ram Gopal Verma and Sanjay Leela Bhansali are some of my favourite directors.

My idea of entertainment
A movie followed by an amazingly planned dinner with friends or my near and dear ones, is something that brings out the real me. This is my idea of complete entertainment.

In Conversation With Zarina Mehta

"My favourite thing in the world is to sit on a beach (preferably Goa), sip a cup of tea and read a good book. I've read and re-read some of my favourite books doing precisely this!

I make it a point to read on all holidays, or in planes while travelling. Also, Sunday afternoons after a good dhansak lunch (or dimsum at Royal China) my husband Ronnie works on his computer, I sit by my balcony; which looks out on some beautiful trees, with my dog near my feet (snoring away), drink hot tea and catch up on a good book. My idea of happiness!

I probably have over 500-600 books or maybe more. I buy at least 2-3 books a week and read them. In fact, many of them are still lying at my parents' house as there is no space for them in my home! Noone really knows what books I like or buy, since I don't ever lend my books nor do I borrow them. If I'm attached to any objects in this world - it's my books! I can't stand it when people fold the page of their books to serve as a bookmark. It sort of drives me crazy!

My fetish and love for the printed word started when I was eight. Till then I was in the US and studied in an American public school. And when I came to India, many of my relatives sort of found it funny that I couldn't even read or write. To make up for the lost time, I took to reading with a vengeance. Now, I am a self-confessed bookworm."

My favourite books

" I keep away from books on the television industry since that is something that we deal with on a regular basis. My all-time favourite is Tolkein's, Lord of the Rings Trilogy; which I first read when I was 15. And recently I re-read it for the 9th time! It reminds me of the classic Don Quixote story? where a single, ordinary person fights against all odds to rise above the rest. And by far, the outcome is not important as Lord Krishna says in the Bhagwad Geeta. The fact that someone chooses to sacrifice themselves to fight for what is right is the key to this story.

It is, in fact this story which influences me in everything I do. A single person can make the biggest difference. So I believe it's important to try regardless of the consequences. If you succeed, it's wonderful and if you fail, that's alright too - at least you tried. You learnt something. This is why we all are here.

Some other books which I've enjoyed reading are Milan Kundera's - The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Gabriel Garcia Marquez's, Love in the time of Cholera; and more recently Kurban Said's Ali and Nino is another masterpiece. These books explore the various shades of a man-woman relationship.

Some other authors I love are Amy Tan and Chitra Dwarka Banerjee, who have written some beautiful stories about women bonding; about the subtle yet strong relationships hey share.

Vikram Chandra's Love and Longing in Bombay and Rohington Mistry's A Fine Balance, possibly the most exquisitely depressing book ever written. On a totally different track, I love books on Maths and Science and I've read all the Time & Life books from cover to cover! I remember reading another off-beat & fascinating book called The Dancing Wu Li Masters by Gary Zukav which is about the beauty of physics!

Currently, I am reading...

As of now, I am reading Swami Vivekananda's entire work. He is the most brilliant mind I've come across.His thoughts are a great source of knowledge and hope for all of us. I wish practitioners of today's so-called `Hindutva' read his books to understand the true meaning of Hinduism. I think, it's the most beautiful, tolerant and all-encompassing of philosophies. I am also onto another fascinating book by Thomas Friedman called The World is Flat. It clearly tells us that the future belongs to India and China."

It seems like every corporate honcho has been trudging on to that treadmill for decades now.

Exercise has become too monotonous,and boring,and well....who has the time? .Infact it's not far fetched to try and get clued into all the exciting avenues for working out that are jazzing up the calorie shedding circuit today.

Sweating it out has become monotonous, boring and well .....who has all the time anyway? So how about some jiffy exercise for the body and soul? Fitness mantras for the 'new age corporate' has to be as much about calming the mind as shedding those extra kilos.So get clued into the latest avenues on working out and jazz up that calorie shedding circuit today.

Power walking, power yoga, taichi, Pilates, spinning and Reebok core boarding are all just the front runners of a veritable exercise revolution which our executives have been trying there hand at out of their busy schedule.

Adding 'zing' to the fitness training coming to gym for the busy bigs

Versa training -while most regular gyms offer the same thing for cardio-a treadmill, cross trainer or stationery bicycle-versa training gives something different to do almost 365 days a year. Everything from aerobics to kickboxing, medicine ball, Swiss ball, trampoline, aqua aerobics, dandiya aerobics, jazz exercise, hip hop...to keep body challenged.

Zumba -it's very dancey and everyone can follow it and it's great for people at all level of fitness as there's no jumping involved. People are always looking for something different to try out not to get bored.

Bhangra masala DVD of masala workout in India is great as it concentrates on abs and legs and works for the upper body as well it's evident that there's absolutely nothing routine about exercise in India.

Swiss ball a primary benefit of exercising with a Swiss ball as opposed to exercising directly on a hard flat surface is that the body responds to the instability of the ball to remain balanced, engaging many more muscles to do so. Those muscles become stronger over time to keep balance.

Medicine ball also known as an exercise ball, med ball, or fitness ball is a heavy ball, roughly the size of a volleyball or a basketball used for rehabilitation and strength training.

Cardio hoops Hula Hoop is one of the few fitness that primarily targets your middle. With circular trunk movements, it directly works abdominal muscles, hips and waistlines. Gain for both a cardio and strength workout. (One minute of Hula Hopping burns as many calories as running an eight-minute mile or high impact aerobic class).

Thera band rotation movements are excellent for warming up the rotator cuff muscles of the shoulder joint.

Tae Bo means tae kwon do and boxing. Or called Total Awareness Excellence Body Obedience.

Krav Maga is a self-defense and military hand-to-hand combat system developed in Israel.

Urban rebounding in just 20 minutes a day, 3 times a week, the Urban Rebounding Workout melts pounds of fat away, without any pain or stress on your joints. Urban Rebounding is also safe. In proper form, your feet barely leave the surface. You don't jump high, you jump strong.