My blog greets me early Saturday morning with the message "24 Posts, last published on Nov 7, 2011 ". Again, "NOV 7 2011". Its been 5 months since i wrote and i say writing is my passion. bah!!so i thought i would get back to track with something different, not by writing an article. but by answering a questionnaire. A lot of people have asked me which paper i read at home and i told them TOI. More popularly know as TOI-let paper now, i let go of that Indian version of playboy and switched to The Hindu, which i thought was the banal, 'retire'd-hurt paper.But i realized Hindu has a lot more to offer when it comes to appealing to the senses rather than your libido (Read TOI). So, this sets the context for my next article, rather the questionnaire i would be answering thanks to Saturday Hindu. Also, encouraging more people to switch to The Hindu!
Proust questionnaire(The Proust Questionnaire is a questionnaire about one's personality. Its name and modern popularity as a form of interview is owed to the responses given by the French writer Marcel Proust.)
with Srinath Narasimhan
1.Your favorite virtue
Walk the talk, lead by example!
2.Your chief characteristic
Humor
3.What you appreciate the most in your friends
Simplicity and openness
4.Your favorite occupation.
Teaching
5.Your idea of happiness
Living a life without fear, living the present and enjoying every moment of it.
6.If not yourself, who would you be?
A Buddha – the teacher
7.Where would you like to live?
Where there is peace, A place where the air smiles
8.Your favorite authors.
Robin Sharma, Chetan Bhagat.
9.Your heroes in real life.
My grandma-Lalitha, My maama-cdr. M Nirmal, Dad-babu, mother-Uma and brother Saranath.
10.Your favorite food and drink.
Rasam, Mentya kozambhu and curd rice.slurp!!!!!Drink would be some cold water, aha! Nothing like cold water.
11.Your favorite names.
Cheeni, Pitta, Nandu, Anandha, nandha-gopal Oh! the list goes on... (nama-karnam happens on a ad-hoc basis. thank you mommmy-daddy!)
12.What you hate the most.
Immaturity – I despise that most in myself
13.The natural talent you'd like to be gifted with
Being an eloquent speaker
14.What is your present state of mind?
Present moment, wonderful moment.
15.Your favorite qualities in a man.
Respect for Women.
16.Your favorite qualities in a woman.
Maturity
17.Your idea of misery.
Living every moment with fear in your mind.
18.What do you dislike most about your appearance?
Well, where do I start?
19.When and where were you happiest?
Home, with my 3 favorite people- mom ,dad and brother. Would I go to the moon? I would rather stay home.
20.Your favorite motto.
It’s not who are underneath, It’s what you do that defines you
