Tinku's life

Proust questionnaire with a fellow citizen

- Mayank Austen Soofi

It is five in the morning. This being December, it is still dark, very cold. Tinku is sitting by the deserted roadside, beside a huge sack. He'd spent the last few hours walking along the city, picking up discarded bottles from the streets, piling them in the sack. Later in the morning, he will sell the bottles to a recycler.

This is the daily routine of his profession, he says. He graciously agrees to become a part of our Proust Questionnaire series, in which citizens are nudged to make “Parisian parlour confessions”, all to explore our distinct experiences.

The principal aspect of your personality.

I'm helpful and caring. I take care of many cats, such as Rani, and dogs, such as Jackie, Tiger.