Saturday, June 29, 2013

My Proust Questionnaire 2013


What is your idea of happiness?
Living without regrets.
Where would you most like to live?
A place equally surrounded by well wishers and the incompatible ones.
What is your favourite virtue?
Living with half-knowledge.
What is your greatest fear?
Dying before accomplishing the purpose of my life.
What is your greatest regret?
None.
When and where were you happiest?
When I pursue something.
What is your greatest extravagance?
A good long walk.
What are your favourite qualities in a man?
Integrity, Industriousness.
What are your favourite qualities in a woman?
Integrity, Industriousness.
What do you most value in your friends?
Accepting me for what I am.
What is your biggest weakness?
Frankness.
What do you enjoy doing most?
Pursuit.
What is your most marked characteristic?
Nonlinear thinking.
What is your idea of misery?
Not knowing your abilities and limitations.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
The speed of my thoughts.
If you could change one thing about your family, what would it be?
Nothing.
If not yourself, who would you like to be?
None.
What is your favourite colour?
Green.
What is your favourite flower?
Jasmine.
What is your favourite bird?
Pigeon.
Who are your favourite writers?
Ayn Rand, Jeffrey Archer, Sujatha.
Who are your favourite poets?
Thiruvalluvar, Bharathi, Arivumathi, Robert Frost.
Who are your favourite artists?
Morgan Freeman, Denzel Washington, Dhanush, Raghuvaran, Prakash Raj, SRK.
Who are your favourite musicians?
A.R.Rahman.
Who are your favourite heroes and heroines in fiction?
Andy Dufresne, Howard Roark, Piscine Molitor Patel.
Who are the heroes and heroines in your life?
My parents.
Who are your favourite heroes and heroines in history?
The hunter-gatherers.
What or who is the greatest love of your life?
My family.
What is your favourite food and drink?
Dosai, Horlicks.
What is your favourite journey?
A long walk through a calm street.
What are your favourite names?
Elango, Thamizh.
What do you most dislike?
Drama.
Which historical figures do you most dislike?
The farmers.
Which living person do you most despise?
Everyone who doesn't know what one is doing.
What event in history you most admire?
The rise against oppression/colonialism.
What social movement do you most admire?
Parenting.
What natural gift would you most like to possess?
None.
How would you like to die?
Shot.
What is your present state of mind?
Enthusiasm.
What is your biggest pet peeve?
Spelling a name wrong.
Which fault in others do you most easily tolerate?
Ignorance.
Which fault in yourself do you most easily tolerate?
Under estimating/Over estimating others.
What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Having tolerated the mortals.
What would you like to be?
A father.
What is your motto?
Play along.
As answered on June 25, 2013.