Quest for More

- Zahid H Javali

Richard Austin Quest means business. Every minute is important to this 54-year-old British business and finance journalist. He does not waste time in getting to the point. Although his profession partly defines him, his clothes don’t. “I wear anything that makes me feel good,” he says, wearing Toni Pons espadrilles “bought for 20-25 euros,” and shorts and T-shirt from Giordano, “which is the Hong Kong equivalent of something lower than GAP.”

He does not stop there.“I buy stuff that makes me look good,” he says, settling comfortably into a sofa at the plush heritage bungalow of Taj West End in Bengaluru. “The other day, I saw a white shirt for $200 to $300 at a shop,” he says. “I can afford it, but I didn’t buy it because there are cheaper ones that look just as good on me. I don’t care for labels. They don’t define who I am.