Proust Questionnaire: navera's answers

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On Wed, 31 Aug 11 01:16:42 UTC navera (57) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: A starving child losing its mother
Where would you like to live?: at home where I was born, in my motherland
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: to love and be loved to respect and be respected, to know and be known for the knowing.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: missing the obvious in sight, failing to grasp the spiritual glory despite knowing its existence.
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: the celluloid heroes who defeat the evil; at least there truth and honesty triumphs
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King.
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: the women who have scaled success in corporate world- a domain that hiterto remained in the hands of men
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: those who overcome inequality without sacrificing, decency, morality and the real spirit of freedom.
Your favorite painter?: none
Your favorite musician?: the Beatles, Micheal Jackson, Hariprasad Chourasiya, numerous Indian classical singers and Illayaraja.
The quality you most admire in a man?: perseverence with dignity and honesty.
The quality you most admire in a woman?: the development of the future generation by kind and careful guidance of her children.
Your favorite virtue?: Honesty and fairness is beyond any barrier; knowing this is a virtue.
Your favorite occupation?: playing with babies and children; capturing the flow of thought by writing.
Who would you have liked to be?: I would have liked to be an Engineer creating and inventing machines and equipment for the glorious life of living beings.
Your most marked characteristic?: to help and to be loved.
What do you most value in your friends?: time, sincerity and helpfulness.
What is your principle defect?: not reading mcuh and trusting the untrustworthy.
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: a country without leadership and the people misled by greed.
What would you like to be?: a successful businesman retired and enjoying life with grandchildren
What is your favorite color?: blue
What is your favorite flower?: jasmine
What is your favorite bird?: the parrot
Who are your favorite prose writers?: gone are the days of the prose writer
Who are your favorite poets?: Kannadasan
Who are your heroes in real life?: Abdul Kalam, Anna Hazare
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Sita
What are your favorite names?: whats in a name -just an identity to call a soul
What is it you most dislike?: betrayal and stealing from the poor.
What historical figures do you most despise?: the ruthless leaders who covered themselves in glory by killing and maiming their own citizens.
What event in military history do you most admire?: The fall of Hitler
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: A memory that matches the best and a body of health that will die without any pain or struggle.
How would you like to die?: instantly with only the thought of God in mind.
What is your present state of mind?: A mixture of great happiness and a struggle to achieve much more for myself and my family
What is your motto?: In the complex world a good motto may run into pages!

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