Eight things, more or less.
Because Quin said so.
8 things I’m passionate about
Baba, my eightyfour year ole sweetheart.
Colors
The stockmarkets, whattaride...
Words, 3 languages, thankyouverymuch
Street food
My India.
8 Things I Want to do Before I Die
Have one book of translations published (not PDO or self publish)
write
Take a train that runs cross country, Jamnagar to Gauhati or Cochin to Jammu , where I can hop on and off the train at will, stopping wherever it I feel like
Take a year off to return to “real life”, maybe work in a store, too ivory towerish this life is sometimes
Own my home: glass finish kota tiles, at least one decoupage wall, bookshelves lining the corridor, nice long windows with flowing curtains, yes?
8 Things I Say Often
damn
donkey (gadhedo chey) and its completely colorful variants
oh hell
Really?
On the other hand…
Hmm..
8 Books I've Recently Read
I have very little free time at home. I just about manage snippets:
The Shambhala Way
Van Gogh Blues
Navneet Samarpan, a literary magazine in Gujarati, where I’m trying to read a piece about the autobio of a child prodigy-author
Last Sunday’s Hindu Businessline and a pile of financial n’papers, and this never ever ends
8 Songs I Could Listen to Over and Over
Dil se/ ARR
Kholo kholo/ TZP/ Shankar Ehsaan Loy
Vaishnav Jan toh / Various
Udi udi udi/ ARR
Send your love remix / Sting
Michelle/ Beatles
8 Things That Attract Me to My Best Friends
they’re funny and bright
they’re honest and upfront
they don’t give a damn about appearances
they’re real. I cant explain this one. I cant stand fakes.
oh! i didn't think about a train ride! perhaps because i used to ride the train when i was a child..
ReplyDeleteand, yes, colours, i love colour!
this is why i like these, not to do them myself, to see what amazing answers i get from others so i can say, "OH NO!!! i didn't think of that!!"
Very good list!
ReplyDeleteThis is nice to read, a little window to you! I also have some Sting I could listen to again and again.
ReplyDeleteI also want to own my very own home someday, not like the last two times with a man on the title.. Just me.. Sigh...
thank you, quin, abbagal and babyisland...
ReplyDeleteYou've heard Desert Rose, Fields of Gold? The thing with Sting is I have phases of Sting-mania. And then I don't.
great meme! *real* is a very important vibe for me to get from a friend as well.
ReplyDeleteright, no?
ReplyDeleteweird how one cannot define it, but one knows what it is. :)
Hi Aust...
ReplyDeleteIsthanbul hmm... no wonder major Orhan Pamuk reading n all :-/
Someday Korea will wait for me :)
Sathya
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