Nish Kumar: What accomplishment matters most to you?

The question

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

Verbatim recurring item in The Guardian Q&A; two fully readable publisher-hosted respondent pages establish institutional recurrence.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Nish Kumar

British stand-up comedian and presenter

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

I learned how to play The Wind Cries Mary guitar solo.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 February 2019 source ↗

Others on this question

John Lewis U.S. Representative from Georgia, 1987–2020; Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee 1963–1966

Participating in a transformative movement that advocated human dignity and changed America forever.

Recorded Vanity Fair, Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 6 December 2019 source ↗

Working on myself. I’m a work in progress to the end.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 February 2025 source ↗

Joely Richardson British actress

My one-woman show playing Emily Dickinson: two hours by myself on stage and over 50 performances. I’m really happy I had the guts to do that.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 July 2015 source ↗

Robert Carlyle Scottish actor

Becoming an actor at all, considering my background.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 February 2008 source ↗