Dear Camillo, I must thank you for bringing the interview conversation on this forum , it always helps people to understand what others have to say and amend our lifes accordingly.
Going through Wendells interview i wish him great success and luck in the launch of his new book "MODA GOA" Have a blessed sunday. Regards Vivek --- On Sat, 26/11/11, Camillo Fernandes <camillofernan...@hotmail.com> wrote: > From: Camillo Fernandes <camillofernan...@hotmail.com> > Subject: [Goanet] I wish I had the guts to join politics : Wendell Rodricks - > goanvoice.org.uk -the Hindu > To: goanet@lists.goanet.org > Date: Saturday, 26 November, 2011, 11:38 PM > > I wish I had the guts to join politics: > Wendell Rodricks > > > > What is your idea of happiness? > > Love. Loving the moment and enjoying it NOW. There is no > point > in thinking of happiness in the past or dreaming of > happiness for the future. > We must enjoy and love the present to be happy. > > What is your greatest fear? > > Personally, to be without love. Professionally, to be > without > creativity. Frankly, I don't think too much about fear as I > am rather fearless. > I plunge into situations with the inquisitive, fearless > innocence of a child. > > Which historical figure do you identify with? > > All the figures that stood up to the Goliaths of their > times. > Gandhi versus the British. Fidel Castro and Chavez versus > the USA. Mandela > versus apartheid. Weiwei against China. Aung San Suu Kyi > against the Myanmar > regime. All of us who make history by daring to be honest > in the face of force > or oppression. > > Which living person do you most admire? > > My partner. > > What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? > > I wish I had the guts to join politics or do social work > and do > more for my state and country. But I know that would take > over my life and > probably change me as a person. Deplorable as it may be, I > know it is for the > best that I stay with what I am best at. > > What is the trait you most deplore in others? > > Dishonesty. Greed. Ruthless ambition. Mercifully, we have > these > people in the minority. I am an optimist in the truest > sense of the word. > > What is your greatest extravagance? > > Travel, books, music, art and love. I tend to take them all > to > excess. But with no regrets. > > Who is your favourite painter? > > Do I have to choose a favourite child? Pushed against a > wall, > internationally, all the impressionists. In India, the line > of Theodore > Mesquita, the colour of Payal Khandwala and most of the > great Indian masters, > except Souza (I find his work hard-edged, tortured and > disturbingly complexed). > > What do you consider the most overrated virtue? > > Virginity. At all levels – physical, emotional and > psychological. > > On what occasion do you lie? > > I don't lie. And if I do, I can't remember the last time. > Lying > is such a waste of time and emotion. > > What do you dislike most about your appearance? > > Nothing. I am quite happy the way God made me, warts and > all. > > Which living person do you most despise? > > Make that persons - paedophiles. > > Which words or phrases do you most overuse? > > The names of my partner, pets and staff, I guess, are the > words > most used in my day. > > What is your greatest regret? > > My regret is that there is no time machine that can take me > to > times in the past or to those in the future. > > What or who is the greatest love of your life? > > My partner of 28 years. > > When and where were you happiest? > > Here and now. > > What is your present state of mind? > > To complete my book “Moda Goa”, that's to be launched > at the > Jaipur Lit Fest in January 2012. > > How would you like to die? > > After a great party. > > What is your favourite motto? > > Wake up each day and realise that you alone, by your > attitude, > can make your day happy, eventful and wonderfully > stimulating. > > What is your favourite journey? > > The process of learning. To journey through people's > minds, > conversations, experiences and wisdom gives an unparalleled > high. > > Known as the ‘Guru of Minimalism', Wendell Rodricks is a > fashion > designer based in Goa. His eponymous label is synonymous > with geometry, sheer > fabrics and a relaxed Goan attitude. Wendell showcases his > lines at prestigious > fashion weeks in India and abroad. He was the first Indian > designer to be > invited to the world's largest garment fair, IGEDO, in > Dusseldorf, in 1995. He > is currently writing a book “Moda Goa”. > > The Proust Questionnaire is a fortnightly feature which > derives > its name from the French writer Marcel Proust, whose > personality-revealing > responses to these questions went on to popularise this > form of celebrity > confession. 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