Delhi’s Proust Questionnaire – Keerti Singh, Jamia Millia Islamia

Delhi’s Proust Questionnaire – Keerti Singh, Jamia Millia Islamia

Delhi’s Proust Questionnaire – Keerti Singh, Jamia Millia Islamia

The Proustian self-introspection.

[By The Delhi Proustians]

The Proust Questionnaire represents a form of interview that owes its structure to answers given by French novelist Marcel Proust, the author of In Search of Lost Time, at two birthday parties that he attended at ages 13 and 20 in the late 19th century.

In 2013, The Delhi Proustians takes Les confidences de salon (Drawing room confessions) around the city to explore people’s lives, thoughts, values and experiences. This series involves interviews across Delhi and is conducted by writers Manika Dhama and Mayank Austen Soofi.

For the ninth instalment in the series Delhi’s Proust Questionnaire, Keerti Singh made confessions to Manika within the precincts of Jamia Millia Islamia, where Ms Singh is pursuing her Masters in Psychology.

Your favorite virtue or the principal aspect of your personality
Peace-loving nature

Your favorite qualities in a man
Strong headed, knows what he wants and how to get it

Your favorite qualities in a woman
Loving, comforting

Your chief characteristic
Friendliness

What do you appreciate the most in your friends?
Their helping nature.

Your main fault
I get too complacent at times and in turn lose focus

Your favorite occupation
Artist! Just being able to express through any medium – colours, music, anything

Your idea of happiness
A hill-top house, a fire place, a big library of books (even if I don’t read them much), a cup of coffee or a glass of wine and someone special to share all this with

Your idea of misery or what would be your greatest misfortune?
To lose someone before you have all of him/her.

If not yourself, who would you be?
An Egyptian queen

Where would you like to live?
High up on the mountains in the lap of nature

Your favourite colour and flower
Red or blue, sunflower

Your favorite bird
Little sparrows. Sadly they are endangered

Your favorite prose authors
I haven’t read much literature. But, some works of Oscar Wilde intrigue me

Your favorite poets
Oscar Wilde again

Your favorite heroes in fiction
Batman, Ethan Hawke in any film

Your favorite heroines in fiction
Invisible woman

Your favorite composers
Kurt Cobain, Bob Marley and the Indian duo Vishal and Shekhar

Your favorite painters
Myself

Your heroes/heroines in real life
My dad

What characters in history do you most dislike?
All of the ones who chose violence to attain power

Your heroines in World history
Margaret Thatcher

Your favorite food and drink
Pasta and chicken salad with a glass of red wine

Your favorite names
Antariksh

What do you hate the most?
Liars and people who conspire for selfish motives

The military event you admire the most
World War II and the Kargil war

The reform you admire the most
Women empowerment and education reforms

The natural talent you’d like to be gifted with
Higher mental abilities

How do you wish to die?
I wish to die enjoying old age

What is your present state of mind?
I am calm because today’s agenda was met with (submitting my Masters’ assignments before the deadline). I am also excited because the next few days have their own to-do list

Faults for which you have the most tolerance
Impatience

Your motto in life
Live and let live

Diving deep within, like Marcel

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