Vikash Shivram is as much a stranger to himself as he is to others. He wants to explore the world but is content with his afternoon naps. Books put him at ease. Writing leaves him rattled. Frida Kahlo said it for him. He is his own muse. The subject he wants to know better.
Your favourite virtue or the principal aspect of your personality?
The casual indifference
Your favourite qualities in a person?
Keeping their word
Your chief characteristic?
Gruffness
What do you appreciate the most in your friends?
Not cringing when I put my hand on their plates
Your favorite pastime?
Reading
If not yourself, who would you have liked to be?
Tarzan
Your idea of happiness?
Depends on the day
Your favourite colour and flower?
Black, do Leaves count?
Your favourite bird?
Crows
Your heroes in real life?
Can’t think of any
Your favourite writers?
Bukowksi (favourite is not the word I’d use)
Your favourite characters in fiction?
Comedian and Dr. Manhattan, Watchmen. Alan Shore and Denny Crane, Boston Legal
Your favourite artists?
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Pradeep Kumar, Bob Dylan and Alan Moore
Your favourite food and drink?
Amma’s Morkozhambu and Filter Coffee
The natural talent you’d like to be gifted with?
Patience
How do you wish to die?
I don’t
Your motto in life?
'We are men without ambition, and all we want is to be left alone, in peace so that we can try and be happy. So few people will understand this simplicity.'
– English, August.
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