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Monirul Islam The artist who divides his time between Madrid, Dhaka, and Chandpur talks about his first instinct to lie when he is fighting with women and his dream of coming back in another life as a musician What is your idea of perfect happiness?    No such thing exists. I believe in what Jibanananda said about happiness ‘gobhirotomo bedonar modhurotomo prokash’        What is your greatest fear?    That my health may fail me        Which historical figure do you most identify with?    Francisco de Goya        Which living person do you most admire?    Professor Yunus        Which living person do you most despise?    George W Bush        What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?    That I fail to make maximum utilisation of my time        What is the trait you most deplore in others?    Backbiting        What is your favourite journey?    From Sadarghat to Chandpur by launch        What is your greatest regret?    Having failed to be a perfect father to my son        What or who is the greatest love of your life?    My parents        What is your current state of mind?    I am trying to do something I have never done before. Looking to surprise myself        What do you consider your greatest achievement?    The freedom of my work. Nobody tells me what to do and how to do it        What is your most treasured possession?    The fact that my mother is still alive        What is your most marked characteristic?    I never eat alone. Haven’t done so in the last 36 years        What do you most value in your friends?    Honesty        Who are your favourite writers?    Rabindranath Tagore, Garcia Lorca and Gabriel Garcia Marquez        On what occasion do you lie?    While fighting with women        What do you dislike most about your appearance?    I accept myself the way I am        Which words or phrases do you most overuse?    The Spanish slang words goder and cono        When and where are you happiest?    Whenever I am in my homeland        If you were to die and come back what or who do you think it would be?    Probably a musician        If you were to do something else for a living, what would you like to be?    A writer        What is the quality you most like in a man?    Openness, liveliness, humour, sincerity and eloquence        What is the quality you most like in a woman?    Simplicity and depth        Who are your heroes in real life?    Pablo Picasso        What is it that you most dislike?    When people don’t want to listen and don’t understand the value of a person or thing        How would you like to die?    A natural death at an old age without having to suffer from any terminal illness        If your house was burning down and you could take along one possession, what would it be?    My brush and paper