Q&A

1. Were you named after anyone?
No. Mom was doing her masters in sociology and I happened. She and her friends sat down and christened me over a cup of tea and samosas. A name to carry all my life was given to me in an evening roost. The word, as mom explains, kept recurring in her textbooks...it just got stamped on me.

2. When was the last time you cried?
It is plain clockwork. I see something sad and tears roll down. In my moments of quietus, I weep over a whole lot of things. And only strong people cry. Weak people swear and yell.

3. Do you like your handwriting?
Absolutely!! Cursive when I am all on my heels... when I am not listening ..I don't write at all.

4. What is your favorite lunch meal?
Any chicken delicacy. I would have loved to be a pure veggie..but the yummy chicken won't ever let me do it.

5. Do you have kids?
Nah!!

6. If you were another person, would you be friends with you?
Hell Yeah!!

7. Do you use sarcasm?
Have been caustic in my old times. But then figured out that sarcasm is just a cloak for the cowards who know not how to say things directly and with apt conviction.

8. Do you still have your tonsils?
Yes. And they trouble me with the slightest hint of weather change.

9. Would you bungee jump?
Chicken-hearted..(!!!)... me. Nope.

10. What is your favorite cereal
Bred on hay(!!) and bread. Never really liked the idea of cereals.

11. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off?
Depends on my level of energy. After a hard day's cricket match, I never feel like taking them off in a routine fashion. I toss them ..as soon as I can.

12. If you were to pick your own first name, what would it be?
I love my name. But if I were to change it willy-nilly, I would like to take one of Lord Krishna's names.

13. What is your favorite ice cream?
Anything involving even a crumb of chocolate. Also pineapple cake is a favorite.

14. What is the first thing you notice about people?
Just listen to them. Lend them your voice when they want to hear you. That is the only attention you need to give to the other party.

15. Red or pink?
Dark Red has something very sensual about it.

16. What is your least favorite thing about yourself
Perhaps I don't take criticism in a proper way and get all fumed.

17. Whom do you miss the most?
Friends. Family. Loneliness. I never leave any of them alone for a long....somehow they always find me.

18. Do you want everyone to complete this list?
Yep. That at least would test their patience, if anything!!

19. What color pants and shoes are you wearing?
Blue Denim and a dark green shirt.

21. What are you listening to right now?
Learning to Fly ..Pink Floyd.

22. If you were a crayon, what color would you be?
Blue

23. Favorite smells?
The aroma of the soil after the first shower, flowers and colognes. But I wish I was programmed to take in even the obnoxious smell of poverty inside me. That would have been something. The smell of the masses.

24. Who was the last person you talked to on the phone?
I think it was mom.

25. How do you know the person who sent this to you
Actually...I got myself tagged from Snow.

26. Favorite sports to watch?
Lawn Tennis...Football and t20 cricket.

27. Hair color?
Pitch Black.

28. Eye color?
Black

29. Do you wear contacts?
Nope.

30. Favorite foods?
Chicken.

31. Scary movies or happy endings?
Happy endings. At least ..in movies endings must be beautiful In real life, things end on a sad note.

32. Last movie you watched?
Slumdog Millionaire. For all the buzz it had created. I wasn't disappointed.

33. What color shirt are you wearing?
Green.

34. Summer or winter
Winter. For all its warmth and time it gives me to think and introspect.

35. Hugs or kisses
Hugs. Never been kissed. Never have kissed. Although I have had pretty warm hugs in the past.

37. Describe your pencil cup
Its a steel one. Gifted by two of the best buddies on my b'day.

38. Favorite artist(s)?
I am not an art person. But Leonardo Da Vinci was a genius.

39. What book are you reading now?
Two simultaneously. "Chicken soup for the soul" and " Gone with the wind"

40. What is on your mouse pad?
It is a plain black mouse.

41. What did you watch on tv last night?
All the news about the Oscars. And the Slumdog's juggernaut.

42. Favorite sound(s).
Songs hummed by me in my moment of solitude. Otherwise Pink Floyd and Kishore Da have me spellbound.

43. Rolling stones or Beatles?
Beatles.

44. What is the farthest you have been from home?
1776 kms to be precise. From one corner of my country to another.

45. Do you have a special talent?
Everyone has a talent for survival.

46. Where were u born?
Muzaffarpur, Bihar.

47. Favorite piece of jewelry?
Oye..I am a boy.

48. How did you meet your spouse/significant other?
It's a catch. I am not answering this. Lets say it was a sublime moment.

49. Favorite song?
Hard to zero on.

50. Favorite musical?
Certainly not Yuvraaj. :p
I have not been to any Broadway show yet.


Ok. I tag Vivek, Afaque.

...Pointless...

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