Delhi’s Proust Questionnaire – Pradeep Chaturvedi, Gurgaon Delhi Proustians by The Delhi Walla - December 1, 2013December 6, 20131 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 early 2013, The Delhi Proustians started taking Les confidences de salon (Drawing room confessions) around the city to explore people’s lives, thoughts, values and experiences. The series involves interviews across Delhi and is conducted by writers Manika Dhama and Mayank Austen Soofi. For the thirteenth installment of Delhi’s Proust Questionnaire, Pradeep Chaturvedi, a manager at a consulting firm, made confessions to Manika at his office in Gurgaon. Your favorite virtue or the principal aspect of your personality Patience Your favorite qualities in a man Intelligence, patience, clarity of thoughts, humour Your favorite qualities in a woman Street-smartness, patience, humour Your chief characteristic Listening What do you appreciate the most in your friends? Each one is a different character with very different personality traits Your main fault Inability to finish whatever I take up Your favorite occupation Travelling Your idea of happiness Spending good time with family and friends. Place is secondary Your idea of misery or what would be your greatest misfortune? Losing loved ones If not yourself, who would you be? Most likely a traveler with unlimited finances Where would you like to live? Hill station like Shimla or some place in Europe Your favorite color and flower Blue. Not that much into flowers Your favorite bird None in particular Your favorite prose authors John Grisham, Dan Brown. Usually I like a book and not any particular author Your favorite poets I like a particular poem than a particular poet. Mostly Hindi poems Your favorite heroes in fiction Batman, Maximus Aurelius, Robert Langdon, Andy Dufrene, Chandler Your favorite heroines in fiction None in particular Your favorite composers Santana, Madan Mohan Your favorite painters None in particular Your heroes/heroines in real life Rahul Dravid, Steven Gerrard What characters in history do you most dislike? None in particular Your heroines in World history None in particular Your favorite food and drink Indian snacks. Masala tea Your favorite names Vijay What do you hate the most? Hypocrisy The military event you admire the most India’s attack on Hyderabad for unified India The reform you admire the most Indian independence The natural talent you’d like to be gifted with Sporting intelligence How do you wish to die? Painless and peaceful death What is your present state of mind? Lack of future clarity Faults for which you have the most tolerance Honest mistakes Your motto in life Everyone has a right to make a choice and should be respected Diving deep within, like Marcel 1. 2. FacebookX Related Related posts: Delhi’s Proust Questionnaire – Ranjana Sengupta, India International Centre Delhi’s Proust Questionnaire – Supriya Chatterjee, Gurgaon Delhi’s Proust Questionnaire – Puja Verma, Gurgaon Delhi’s Proust Questionnaire – Govind Singh, Gurgaon-Faridabad Road Delhi’s Proust Questionnaire – Gajra, Sector 34, Noida
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