A Few Of Mookuthi Founder Sarath Selvanathan's Favourite Things

"I've always been fascinated by how Steve Jobs makes an object out of a product. The length to which he'd get into product details, user experience, space design, storytelling - all keeping human emotions at the centre! I grew up witnessing him visualise and realise a different world, one product (object) at a time - it's surreal. Walter Isaacson's Steve Jobs has always been a go-to, to randomly open the book & read a page or two."

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"It's a tough one, for I have many favourites. I've always found comfort in Asian food, and I enjoy my solo dates at some places in Chennai. Good old Cascade, dishing out exceptional indian-chinese for decades now, is a go-to. I equally love Zhouyu, Chap Chay, Dahlia, and Aeseo in Chennai. Ghee dosai at Geetha Cafe or Maris with filter coffee is a great pick-me-up, too."

"I live a suitcase life these days, travelling 15 days a month. The idea of a travel destination has completely changed from what it used to be - I now look for calm, peace, and do nothing kind of a holiday, strolling around temples or artist studios or forest spaces or someplace where everything is slow. On that note, my recent go-to list, that I can keep going back to, is Chettinad, Auroville, and Goa."

"I love all things old and also what one can do with old objects as well as spaces. I love exploring local antique markets and something about those old objects. As for designers, I enjoy witnessing how Purva Agrawal of Attirail transforms a space. In addition, I love the work Chandini of Vyala is doing with objects and spaces."

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"A friend has been supplying a lovely roast over the past couple of months, which I love. I hope he makes a brand out of it someday, but otherwise it's Marc's, Coffee Trotter, True Black, and Roastery Coffee House."

"I'm a noob in this realm, perhaps in the beginning stages of this tangent. But of the ones I have been exposed to, Banksy's work is very intriguing, and of course, Ravi Varma's work has been something that I cannot not mention here. About a year ago, one of Ravi Varma's lithographs found its way to me after being abandoned by a home in Chettinad. The restoration journey of this torn/folded lithograph drew me closer to his work."

"I enjoy easy breezy clothing - Nicobar is a favourite that always has something. I also like playing with fabric, currently playing with chendamangalam cotton, and Swathy from the Button Thief Company has been indulging me with silhouettes."

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"Lenskart got me to experiment with my frames. It's been a decade now, & they've lasted me years. But recently, I tried the homegrown indian brand COCO LENI & have been in love with it. They are special and amazing for sure!"

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