'I like one thing at a time. One thought, one idea to grow with'

Effortless and eclectic. When I'm too 'put together’, I can’t walk or talk. I like easy, I can’t do the best shoes, best brands, and a blowdry.

Gayatri Devi was just so sophisticated. I am a Rajput, and I find her pictures so iconic. She brought pearls back into fashion, she smoked, wore high-waist pants, she really broke stereotypes of Rajput women.

Most Rajput women wore laal-peela (red and yellow) colours, and she wore pastels. An old chunky woollen jacket that has fit me almost through half and more of my life. And an almost threadbare woollen shawl.

Local pottery stuff or interesting books for the library. A handmade half-coloured card from my son, and a ring stack from my husband from Rosa Maria Jewellery. An antique 200-year-old pair of the divine goddess Tara and a prayer script, carved on wood from Ladakh.

Spicy rice crackers from Kyoto. I’m still reading Brene Brown’s 'Atlas of the Heart'. It's about living with grace.

'Women Talking’, starring Rooney Mara, Claire Foy and Frances McDormand. And 'Laapataa Ladies' directed by Kiran Rao. I love Kiran, she’s so graceful and powerful.

She carries herself lightly but is a real pataka. 'Lovely' by Billie Eilish and Khalid, its voices and music become one. Curd and aloe vera for the face, and ashwagandha and shilajit supplements.

Ladakh and Japan. Ladakh is just so serene, it’s beyond me. I have to go there once a year because it’s so humbling.

Japan is everything at once – quiet, quirky, digital, herbal.