On her birthday (November 7), t2 looked up Linda Goodman and got Rituparna Sengupta to tick her Scorpio traits.

How many candles did you light this birthday?

(Giggles) That you will have to guess! I lit just one candle because I feel like a one-year-old ready to take on the world all over again and achieve everything all over again!

Like a true-blue Scorpio woman... very ambitious?

Yes, absolutely. I am very ambitious, but not harmful. I haven’t hurt anyone or taken shortcuts in life to achieve whatever I have achieved so far. Ambition is good. I am not overambitious.

A Scorpio woman has X-ray eyes and can read what’s going on inside a man’s head...

Completely agree! (Laughs) They are bang on when it comes to reading somebody’s mind. Like a true Scorpio woman, I am also very emotional and I cannot stand liars or people who are fake. My assessment of people is correct... well, most of the time.

A Scorpio woman is known to be vengeful. She never forgets to give it back if harm is done to her...

No, I don’t have this trait in me. But yes, I don’t forget easily if someone hurts me or harms me. My way to seek revenge is to just believe that the person doesn’t exist for me anymore. I am not someone to pick a fight or talk nasty about a person, no. I make up my mind to avoid his/her company forever.

The Scorpio woman is famous for her sixth sense...

Oh, my sixth sense is very strong. But I have been wronged many times. As I said, I am very emotional and make friends easily. I trust people easily and that’s a character trait I must rectify soon because people have back-stabbed me many times despite my strong sixth sense! 

A Scorpio woman expects her man to be intelligent, ambitious and successful. Have you found these qualities in your husband Sanjay Chakraborty?

(Laughs) Oh yes! Sanjay has all these qualities, but what I like about him the most is that he calls a spade a spade. And he never spares me if I am wrong.

A Scorpio woman secretly wants to be a man!

No! A big no. I don’t have even an inch of this trait in me. I am very happy to be a woman. There were no restrictions imposed on me just because I am a woman. I am proud to be a woman, a successful woman and have had many opportunities knocking on my door. If there’s another life, I would love to be born again as a woman.

A Scorpio woman is a keeper of secrets...

They die with that, go to the grave with secrets. So many of my colleagues have confessed so many things, shared intimate secrets. Never ever have I gone and gossiped about them to others. Scorpios are very loyal.

Spring cleaning is like a vacation for a Scorpio woman...

Not really. I have people to do it.

A Scorpio woman refuses to see others’ viewpoints...

True. I try to establish my own viewpoint. But not always. I am also a good listener but I always feel that my point is correct. It happens with Sanjay most of the time and I always win!

Pictures: Pabitra Das
Costume: Level 5, make-up: Sourav Ali; location: Wild West Tavern, Gariahat Mall