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I like the pause that tea allows
I like the pause that tea allows.
My inspiration is love and history.
I love driving in the city at night.
I need my fill of Indian home cooking.
One of my favourite activities is eating.
It's beyond my control how I'm perceived.
My friends are a huge part of my inspiration.
My mission in life is to preserve craftsmanship.
I won't do anything unless it's the absolute best.
I always like a good song: puts me in a good mood.
I have always had a sense of curiosity and aspiration.
Supporting causes with whatever we do can be effective.
I like having a tailor everywhere because I am everywhere.
I like there to be some interest in every element of my life.
I do believe in standing for something more than just a product.
My go-to jeans are a straight, narrow cut from A.P.C. or BLK DNM.
Hold the door for a lady. Wait until a lady is out of the elevator.
My job is to put myself out there. It's beyond my control how I'm perceived.
I create with my heart, so life and work inevitably intersect all too often.
I love my passport. I plan trips very last minute, so I always carry it with me.
If people want to think I'm an Indian prince, I don't want to dispel that notion.
I travel a lot, and I hunt for fabrics, then I have the tailor make me something.
I do things because I enjoy it. That used to be my downfall, but now it's the upside.
I'm surprised as anyone about where I've ended up. Maybe it's because I say yes to things.
I'm not super-patriotic, but the U.S. is where I live, and it's the passport that I carry.
'Life Aquatic' was the first movie I did, and it's been an incredible adventure since then.
I am less comfortable saying I am a jeweller and more comfortable saying I am a story teller.
I work with gold that holds history, diamonds that see the future, and rubies that long for love.
People think they have to give up things to make a difference to the world, but you don't have to.
I primarily live in New York City, a place that is about constants, not letting up and not stopping.
I have so many friends and obligations, and I want to go out and support people. But we eat at home.
I'm a Sikh; it's part of my religious tradition to never cut my hair and keep it wrapped in a turban.
People who know me know that theres a light-hearted side, humour... But you could easily say I am cheeky.
People who know me know that there's a light-hearted side, humour... But you could easily say I am cheeky.
I don't think men get enough flowers. A deeper pink or red peonies are my favorite. But I'll take anything, really.
I wouldn't know how to think inside the box because I don't even know where it is. I wouldn't know how to do it any other way.
I work with gold that holds our past and diamonds that see the future and rubies that long for love. It's just a way of telling a story.
I made two rings for myself, and when I was in Los Angeles, I walked into a store called Maxfields, and they essentially bought them off my hands.
You don't have to become Mother Teresa to make an impact in the world. But nothing can be achieved if, at the very least, we are not talking about it.
I'm an American searching for some sort of parameters, a way of life - I'm looking for a slight formality, for a place where you can never be overdressed.
I just want to create, and socializing is part of the experience. It might sound crazy, but I don't see myself in the jewelry business. It's an experience.
I'm driven by history and our past. That's why I work in gold. It's in your veins. We've been lusting after gold since the beginning of time. God, glory, and gold.
Someone gives jewelry, and there's a bit of romance. If you buy it from a store, the store is trying to romance you. Even when I'm making the jewelry, I have to be romanced.
My first workshop was in Rome, and that was the start of House of Waris. In a little magical atelier, a goldsmith, his apprentice, his stone setter - and that was where it began.
I went through different styles but realized Ray-Bans are the classics. You can't go wrong with them. I explore and cheat on them occasionally, but I always go back to the aviators.
My inspiration is always love and history, and my passion to a fault is craftsmanship and responsibility. Those are the simplest things. It goes beyond jewelry. It's every part of my life.
I'm a traditionalist with suits. It doesn't need extra pockets, and I don't want headphone jacks in my jacket. I appreciate designers who do different things, but for me, the most basic version of that item is what I want.
I think the reason for my fascination with craft is what it represents, what it means in our culture, what it means in our history and in humanity. It was the idea that you could go to your butcher to get something, you could go to your tailor to get this, and you could go to your cobbler to get that.
I made two rings for myself and when I was in Los Angeles, I walked into a store called Maxfields and they essentially bought them off my hands. Those were originally made in New York. There wasn't craftsmanship, there was just manufacturing, and I wasn't interested in doing that. My first workshop was in Rome, and that was the start of House of Waris. In a little magical atelier, a goldsmith, his apprentice, his stone setter - and that was where it began.