Interview With Charles Keith

Interview- Charles Keith The ability to put you at ease is a gift only few people enjoy. Charles Keith is one of those few. Keith is a warm, light-hearted and humble individual who is currently working at the British Council in Delhi as an English teacher. He is also supervising the reconstruction of the library. So, what makes him interesting? It is his exposure to varied cultures throughout the world. He lived and worked in seven countries, namely UK, Spain, Ecuador, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Columbia and India. He has been in India for nearly a month now. He says, “I like to meet new people.” Although he finds it intriguing to explore and adapt to new cultures, he found the Arabian way of gender distinction a bit overblown. His open-mindedness also made him a part of the Hippy cult way back in the 1970s. He recalls, “The Hippy Mode was very different. We traveled throughout Europe on foot, and often slept on the beaches during night.” He adds, “The freedom I enjoyed there was very different from the conservationist values of my family back at Scotland.” Moving on after the Hippy mode, he pursued higher studies in England. He also completed a Promethean Level Course, which he considers his greatest success, after which became a Celta / Delta qualified teacher. Thereafter, he took a job at the British Council because of his love for teaching. Keith is inspired by the lives of Karl Marx, Mahatma Gandhi and Daniel Cohen Bandit. He adores all the three, and says that if it were possible, he would like to dine out with them. The five adjectives he uses to describe himself are- generous, warm, hot-headed, spontaneous and loving. Confused, I asked him, “How is it that you are warm and hotheaded both?” He explained, “I get angry when things go wrong.” A perfectionist, he is. His constant habit of “Tell me?” is one that annoys him. However, this speaks of his inquisitiveness and subconscious strife for perfection.