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Megha Bhatt / TNN / Mar 29, 2006, 21:00 IST

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Wanting something -- money, a job, a car or a prized document -- that another person has, is the story of most of our lives.

Wanting something -- money, a job, a car or a prized document -- that another person has, is the story of most of our lives.
THERE'S a little bit of 'steal' in everybody's life! No, we are not plugging for the heavy industries segment but merely suggesting that given a chance most of us would love to possess -- by hook or by crook -- one priceless thing that someone else has and we don't.Or would we?
Ask Dabbu next door and he would admit he would happily give up his new shirt to get that denim jacket his friend Jojo was wearing the other day. And such cravings are not just limited to the ordinary mortal. Even people who seemingly have all that they want, still want that little bit more.
Former India captain Ajit Wadekar, one of Indian cricket's most successful captains, is one such example. "I would love to live in Sachin Tendulkar and Sunil Gavaskar's shoes for a day and become the owner of their batting records. But I guess it will remain a dream," he laughs.

...For cinematographer Ashok Mehta the brains of Steven Spielberg and Akira Kurosawa are too tempting to let go. "Oh I would love to steal Spielberg's mind for some time. Living in the head of Kurusawa is an exciting idea as well," he says.
And for those who have just tasted the fruits of success, to want to take away what the greatest in the field have, is not surprising. Like Prajakta Shukre, the young singing sensation, who says: "Lataji's (Lata Mangeshkar) voice is amazing and everyone would love to possess it."
For some crazier souls though, stealing wouldn't be fun unless some science fiction was involved in it. "I would love to steal a secret button which can tell me when to speak and when to shut up," jokes VJ Cyrus Sahukar.
For others however, even 'thinking' such thoughts is a sin. They won't give much thought to it. Says director Tanuja Chandra: "I admire or even feel jealous about certain objects someone else may possess. But the thought of stealing them has never entered my mind."

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