Tete`-a- tete with Harper's Bazaar's Nishat Fatima

Nishat Fatima , Editor at Harper’s Bazaar India has been a part of the launch team since 2009 .She then took a two year break to pen a fictional novel.  Nishat has studied fashion design and photography. She also has a twelve year experience in journalism and has been associated with the introduction of The Times of India in Hyderabad and remodeling HT City with Hindustan Times. She has also written two coffee table books, one on Suneet Varma and another on Mumbai.

Your favourites from the industry -Friends and/or Competitors: I love everybody - they keep us on our toes

TV show you love watching: At the moment, I'm catching up on The Wire. Next will be Downton Abbey which I am looking forward to

Favourite books / magazines: I love fashion and lifestyle magazines, so there's always a pile of them I'm reading through at any given point. Favourite books would be too many to list; though right now I'm reading ‘In the Name of the Rose ‘.

Food that you do not mind indulging in sinfully: Baked items like cakes, pies, tarts, scones and bread. Give me any mix of flour and butter and I'm a happy camper

How do you unwind on weekends: Catching up with friends, Retail therapy always helps!

Favourite getaway destinations: Anything connected with  history. Forts, palaces or even better luxury hotels in forts and palaces

Perfect happiness for you is: To paraphrase Omar Khayyam, a loaf of bread, a cup of coffee, a book...

Your greatest extravagance: Shoes! Just can't stop buying them!

Left alone on an island, 3 things you would want  with you: A good sunscreen, a book, and all the makings of an excellent cup of coffee. | As told to Aanchal Kohli [aanchal(at)adgully.com]