Originally posted by: qazplm
Lol I'm glad you're one to have a friendly debate. Coz believe me, I suck at having arguments and hate the kind of atmosphere this forum operates at.😳
Would definitely love sharing the topic link of the books with you. (since it has passed 50-60 pages now) And I'm a journalism student myself, so you can imagine why I take so much interest in this creative aspect of his.
The NDTV Muslim debate was a disaster for me as well for two reasons. One, Shah is not an expert on Islam. So he should not even have been on that show. And even if he was, he shouldn't have been the central focus. Second, he somehow kept giving incomplete answers. I'm someone who hears Shah answer the same question 50 times in each different interview. And sometimes he answers them differently, sometimes briefly, and sometimes in an extensive manner. The NDTV show had a lot of those incomplete brief answers. (the same answers he had given so logically and beautifully in other interviews.) Like if you watch the India Conclave, he talks almost the same theme of Islam but so with so much more intelligence. (also coz he was the sole interviewee and had more time) His other NDTV We The People are all so amazing though. Or any serious and lengthy interview he participates in. The problem with Shah is also that he believes much more in entertaining than coming across as anything else. All he wants you to do is laugh and enjoy anything he participates him. So you really have to look for some serious interviews if you want to experience his world smart side.
Also, just on the side, if you still like watching anything about him, his session at ThinkFest was beautiful. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHoesnLy9FY) Nothing about what were discussing, but a very personal side of his.
And again, I loved talking with you. Such a pleasure.😳
I agree. Friendly debates are always fun though. I googled SRK and books and read the interview where he talks about Douglas Adams, and let me tell you I wont ever say he's not well read again! I saw the pintrest list of books he's read and saw Shauna Singh Baldwin on the list, that won me over! I used one of her books for my dissertation.
Yea the NDTV interview put me of interviews in general for a long time. I was expecting something along the lines of HardTalk and instead watched a train-wreck. That interview genuinely dissapointed me, even the anchor was terrible. I might watch the we the people interview and will check out the link for thinkfest too, it'll definitely be interesting.
I'd love to see that list of books though if you can send me the link pretty please 😊 I love book lists - it's the best way to discover new things to read.
I really enjoyed talking to you to. It's nice having a friendly chat on this forum 😳
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