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| Tanya Mendonsa with Joshua |
To wake to the sight of roses with my dog heavily and warmly asleep alongside me
My most marked characteristic
My forceful opinions
Greatest extravagance
Buying plants at a nursery, especially roses
Favourite occupation
Reading in front of a green view/lunching in the sun with my friends
Deplore in others
Emptiness of mind and heart
Greatest regret
Not having lived in the English countryside in spring and summer
Most deplore in self
Judging others
What change in self
The same
Whom I despise
All bureaucracy
When would I lie?
A lot, whenever it harmed no one
Most overrated virtue
Self-satisfaction
Lowest Misery
Ill health
Most like in men
Charm and good looks
Most like in women
Charm and intelligence of the heart
Fictional hero
Rhett Butler
In real life
Alexander the great
Favourite journey
Anywhere beautiful by road, through rivers and hills, in good weather
Motto
If I can't have too many truffles, I'll do without truffles - Colette
To return as
George Herbert, the poet/ or a great gardener with money and a large garden
Hate most
Selfishness and hypocrisy
Favourite Words
Love, Love, Love
Bio:Tanya Mendonsa was educated at Loreto House and College in Calcutta, India. After spending 20 years in Paris, studying French literature at the Sorbonne, painting and running a language school, she returned to India, a story told in her memoir "The Book of Joshua – The True Story of a Dog Who Loved The World" (Harper Collins 2012). Her first collection of poetry, "The Dreaming House" (2009) and her second collection "All The Answer I Shall Ever Get" (2011) were both published by Harper Collins. A single long poem, "The Fisher of Perch – A Fable for Our Times" (2017) and her second memoir, "A Bite In Time – Cooking with Memories" (2022) were published by Paper Project. "Hidden Garden - A Haiku Life", an illustrated collection of short poems as well as her third collection of poetry "A Star, A Stone", will be published in 2026 by Paper Project.
Update: Answer to the question 'To return as' has been changed to George Herbert, instead of Henry King.
