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  • In our 'Getting Personal' series, media practioners tell us how they unwind. This week it's Luke Kenny, Head of Programming, 9XO

    How I Unwind: Luke Kenny

    Luke Kenny

    I would like to humbly consider myself one of those rare lucky people who gets to do what they love, in the sense that my work is my passion. So, as one may know, on a daily basis I work closely with Music and Films, being a contributory entity to both these fields in various ways for the past two decades.

     

    Now in an age where film and music are the national pastimes, and a majority of the population use these two avenues as a ‘winding’ down technique, where does that leave me? On the one hand Music and Films are my passion and on the other hand they are my work as well.

     

    So when the day is over (which in Mumbai city it never is) and I want to relax… I do it by listening to some music that I haven’t heard in a long time, or catch up with the latest films and TV shows.

     

    Reading is also an interest, so books about film and music enter my mind space. Of course, I do love a good fiction story as well.

     

    I love silent cinema, so I find a strange calmness in just sitting back and watching the images unfold in front of me while an appropriate soundtrack is unfurled.

     

    The company of animals is also a great pacifier, The two cats that share my space act as a great deterrent from the chores of the day and are absolute family to me.

     

    And at the time when the weekends roll around the city beckons again, the company of friends and dinners and dancing and music brings me back to the world of work and passion in equal measure.

  • In our 'Getting Personal' series, senior mediapersons tell us how they unwind. This month it's Viral Pandya, Chief Creative Officer at Out of the Box

    Personally Speaking | How I Unwind: Viral Pandya

    Viral Pandya

    By Viral Pandya

     

    How do I unwind? Well, I have a little different take on that. I’d say I am always unwinding. With my work, without it, before it, after it – relishing every moment.

     

    Still, here are a few things that I do to wind down.

     

    Work/play: As I said earlier, work for me is the best form of rejuvenation. Every new brief or challenge allows me to play with myself. It titillates me, arouses different emotions, and brings out a million hues onto my mind’s canvas.

     

    Kidding around with my kid: I surrender myself completely to the little brat of mine. It is almost impossible to catch up to him. Instead, I sit on the pillion and let him take me on a whirlwind ride. I love to see the world through his eyes, where nothing is ordinary, and everything is surreal.

     

    Time with my team:  I love to work with my team. And even more so, when we don’t.  To have nice little interactions, to joke around with each other, and to fight when needed – all these things transform work pressure into pleasure. Truly, we all are family, and the workplace is an everyday picnic spot.

     

    Observe and absorb: Well, I can sit idle for hours just to observe things around me. For me, it works as a fuel. The madness in the streets, the stillness in the garden, the little birdie at the windowpane… Seriously, what can be more relaxing and energizing than absorbing from nature?

     

    Mingle with Single Malt: It’s one love affair that always keeps my spirits high. For me, a perfect end to a day begins with golden water poured onto ice rocks. Smooth rapture, indeed!

     

    Become Unwindofix: I am crazy about Asterix comics, too. Not only are they fun, and a delight to read, they also remind me that we are the free-spirited Gauls up against the mighty Roman Empire. Only, in our case the magic potion is passion.

     

    As part of MxM  Weekend’s ‘Getting Personal’ series, we bring you first person accounts by senior industrypersons on how they unwind. ‘How I Unwind’ appears on the fourth Friday of every month

     

    Coordinated by Meghna Sharma