Tenifs

So Deepti tagged me, and it is a very long tag. I am going to customize it to a length preferable to me, of course, after apologizing profusely to Deepti for not following the instructions completely. The reason I am doing this is because I don’t want to say predictable things that most people would guess or know any way about me. Such as if I were a tool, I would be a writing instrument. Or, if I were a color, I would be red. Yawn! I have said these things umpteen number of times on this blog...there is nothing original left in them anymore.

So it will be ten (hopefully new) things.

1. If I were a beginning, I would be: The first lines of A Tale of Two Cities “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness; it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity; it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness; it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair; we had everything before us, we had nothing before us; we were all going directly to Heaven, we were all going the other way.” The mark of a truly great writer, these lines are timeless.

2. If I were a month, I would be: Any month that lets me be productive.

3. If I were a season, I would be: Summers in Moscow/ Winters in Delhi

4. If I were a sin, I would be: All of them (except sloth) in lesser or greater degree -– pride, envy, lust, greed, gluttony, wrath. No sloth because if there is one thing I don’t do, that’s procrastinate.

5. If I were a question, I would be: How brilliantly stupid do people have to be to treat something as public as Orkut as a place for loud complaint about a third person who is not only on Orkut but in their Friends’ List as well?

6. If I were a piece of furniture, I would be: A couch. It’s comfortable and if used imaginatively, can be put to multiple purposes.

7. If I were a day of the week, I would be: Friday. Friday night. Do I even have to explain why?

8. If I were a tree, I would be: Septopus. And yes, this is the time you must consider reading the short stories of Satyajit Ray, if you haven’t already. This is a seriously kick-ass tree.

9. If I were a song, I would be: Javeed Bashir’s “Tere Jeha Hor Disda”. I discovered the song a week ago, and I love the timbre in Bashir’s voice. I am still looking for a version of this song minus all the techno-pop kind of musical arrangements, and would really appreciate if someone can help me find it.

10. If I were God, I would be: There