Sadiya's obsession with books and human mind
Monday, June 04, 2007
Books are man's best friend and talented actor Sadiya Siddiqui who stars in 'Saath Phere' and 'Saathi Re' goes to prove this adage. So strong is her obsession with reading that she claims to carry a book with her wherever she goes and tries to make time on the sets for reading.
"I read books of genres encompassing mysteries, psychology, health, anatomy, history, philosophy and religion. But I can't stand mushy romance like Mills and Boons, not that I'm against it, but I like mature love stories," says Sadiya.
Sadiya is intrigued with the way a human mind functions and that was the reason behind her choosing to do her masters in psychology and not literature. She likes to read books based on the human psyche. Her best books have been "I never promised you a Rose Garden" by Joanne Greenberg, "100 years of solitude" by Gabriel Marquis, and she has also read most of the Urdu classics.
Sadiya's encounter with reading started when she was a school girl. It all began with her love for comics like Superman and Batman and gradually moving onto murder mysteries and detective stories. Sadiya was such a voracious reader that she would read an entire novel in a day.
Sadiya
is
an
ace
scuba
diver,
she
is
looking
forward
to
link
her
diving
passion
to
her
reading
by
penning
short
stories
relating
to
ocean
pollution
and
its
background
would
be
a
love
story
between
two
scuba
divers.
"I'm
very
enthusiastic
reader
but
due
to
my
busy
schedule
I'm
hard
pressed
for
time
and
writing
the
short
stories
is
also
in
the
pipe
line
but
looking
at
my
work
load
it'll
take
a
considerable
amount
of
time.
I
squeeze
in
time
between
shoots
to
read
but
I
can't
fully
concentrate
on
it
and
so
I
read
only
thin
books
now
which
I
can
possibly
complete
in
a
day
or
two,"
chirps
Sadiya.