AMA NilayShah60

[NILAYSHAH60]

1. How would you describe your lockdown?
Ans. Seems like having a long Summer vacation

2. Have you kept yourself physically active during lockdown? If so, how?
Ans. I have never done so.

3. What surprising thing have you been stocking up on (that isn’t toilet paper, masks, gloves, sanitizers)?
Ans. Nothing as yet.

4. What are some things you have realized that you don’t really need during this pandemic?
Ans. I realized that it is not important to advise people who doesn't really affect me.

5. What habit have you started, or broken, during the quarantine?
Ans. Learning a bit of German

6. Have you done something during the lockdown that you wouldn't normally associate yourself with?
Ans. Attending Webinars

7. Which specific place are you most looking forward to visiting once this is all over?
Ans. Going back to college maybe something I can think of just to meet the Faculties.

8. What skills have you gained, improved or worked on during the quarantine?
Ans. Tried playing some songs on Piano(on Phone) that I hadn't done for so long due to college.

9. What’s something you own that feels useful?
Ans. My phone

10. What is your Covid-19 nickname?
Ans. Does something like this exist

11. What part of your shelter-in-place/residence have you come to appreciate the most during quarantine?
Ans. Don't see anything different since I haven't been away from my home for long enough.

12. What’s a story – from a book, a movie, an article, a conversation – that you’ve been gripped by recently? Why did it capture you?
Ans. I don't remember anything such.

13. What problem—either yours, or something more global —do you wish you could solve?
Ans. Troll posts on social media.

14. What’s the easiest part about the quarantine?
Ans. Everything I was doing earlier seems easy now.

15. What’s something that you miss most from the pre-COVID days? And what do you miss the least?
Ans. Cricket definitely. Ironically, IPL.

16. What’s the most generous act you’ve seen recently?
Ans. Being at home I haven't seen/heard anything of that sort.

17. What has changed the most about you during quarantine?
Ans. Maturity (Actually comes with age)

18. Lastly, what do you hope we all learn or take away from this experience?
Ans. Not taking our health and hygiene for granted.

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

@VC the slogger actually wasn't aware about the meaning of alter-ego and thought it to be a personality trait that isn't natural to oneself. Now I know that it meant to be a character from a fiction.

 

[Princess Saffron]

Have you ever been camping?

Do you know any survival skills to be used in an emergency if you were ever stranded somewhere remote?

What was the last thing you ate?

 

[Yash.]

Which song motivates you the most when you hear it?

Who is your favourite music artist? Why him/her?

What would be the first change you would make in the cricket world, if you became BCCI ICC head?

Favourite sport to play after Cricket?

Action / Horror / Rom-Com?

Which languages do you know other than English? And if you could learn one more, which?

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

Have you ever been camping?
Ans. I haven't. Would be a great experience to have one

Do you know any survival skills to be used in an emergency if you were ever stranded somewhere remote?
Ans. Never been in such a situation. Wouldn't want to be in such either.

What was the last thing you ate?
Ans. Home-made Vada Pav.

@Saffron

 

[CerealKiller]

Have you ever been camping?
Ans. I haven't. Would be a great experience to have one

Do you know any survival skills to be used in an emergency if you were ever stranded somewhere remote?
Ans. Never been in such a situation. Wouldn't want to be in such either.

What was the last thing you ate?
Ans. Home-made Vada Pav.

In response to @Saffron I guess?

 

[asprin]

Ans. Home-made Vada Pav.

Can you share the recipe?

Were the pavs made at home too?

 

[Dutch]

Favourite book you have read and why?

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

Which song motivates you the most when you hear it?
Ans.

Who is your favourite music artist? Why him/her?
Ans. I don't hear much songs so I don't have much idea about this.

What would be the first change you would make in the cricket world, if you became BCCI ICC head?
Ans.

1. I would try and support the associate nations by asking respective boards from different country to atleast let them have some exposure.
2. I would plan different things to promote Test Cricket in Countries like US, France, Japan, Hong Kong and Switzerland.
3. I would have a fair rankings system for all 3 formats of the game and that rankings would give more importance to performance and quality rather than results.
4. I would ask different Countries to have sporting pitches which is fair to both batsman and bowlers rather than flat pitches which would turn a match into boring snooze fests.
5. I would give more emphasis on having corruption free Cricket and would want the Cricket boards to co-operate in this and maintain transperancy regarding these things. I would keep a severe punishment in place to ensure that Match fixers and gamblers stay away from the game.

Favourite sport to play after Cricket?
Ans. Don't remember when was the last time I played Cricket apart

Action / Horror / Rom-Com?
Ans. I would go for Comedy

Which languages do you know other than English? And if you could learn one more, which?
Ans. I can speak Gujarati, Hindi and a little bit of Marathi. I have learnt French in my Junior college (I just remember some basics ). Currently I am leaning German through my phone itself.

@Yash.

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

Can you share the recipe?
Ans. Surely if I had made it. Unfortunately I didn't.

Were the pavs made at home too?
Ans. No, they were bought from outside.

@asprin

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

Favourite book you have read and why?
Ans. I am not a books guy. I hardly read books. There was a time when I would pick up anything random and would get engrossed in reading but not anymore. I did read Steve Job's autobiography and also Playing it My Way (Sachin Tendulkar's autobiography) just during the start of lockdown.

@Dutch

 

[Sherlock Holmes]

Are you single or in a relationship or married?

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

Are you single

Yes. Being single is the best one can expect to be!

a relationship

Not interested

married?

It's too early for me to think about it.

 

[Sherlock Holmes]

Describe me.

1. As a cricket enthusiast
2. As a forum member
3. As a person

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

Describe me.

1. As a cricket enthusiast
Unfortunately I haven't known you much as a Cricket enthusiast since you don't post much on the Cricket discussion forums. As far as the TPCL was concerned you were very analytical and sort of stats based rather than backing your instincts. I also find you having some fantasies related to the sport just like any other die-hard Cricket fan. See this is not bad because at times even I have my own points which are quite different from others. The best thing is that you just know to enjoy any post.

2. As a forum member
As a member you are very friendly and you easily mix yourself with some elite level members on this forum. Like you seem to have a tendency to discover the forum and have conversations regularly with other members.

3. As a person
I really can't answer this tbh because I have never met you in my life personally. Sorry if I sound a bit harsh but on an online forum even the most genuine members can't be trusted that much. According to my personal experience which I had with you, you seem to be a humble guy with a level of decency and the best thing is you try to understand the viewpoints of people before drawing any conclusions.