#nobrolikehim

In our childhood, everyone in our family was taught that when praying to any God or Goddess, we had to say, "Bidya dao, buddhi dao" [Give me knowledge, give me intelligence]. Dada's part of the prayer was edited to include "Shanto koro" [make me calmer].

Dada has a habit of constantly playing with things mindlessly and most of the time, he ends up breaking them… So, whenever Jethu noticed him mindlessly playing with something, he’d slyly move it out of reach without Dada noticing. Dada would stop, but after a while he’d start playing with something else and, eventually, Jethu would move it out of his reach again. It was a continuous process and funny to watch the back and forth between uncle and nephew.

Kids and small animals love Dada. I guess it's because he's soft and squishy because they usually like to climb up and jump on his stomach...

It seems that as a child, I mostly caused trouble when my parents tried to make me take afternoon naps. Supposedly, Dada would fall asleep if he’s kept still for about five minutes, so he caused no troubles during nap time in his childhood. I, on the other hand, would lay wide awake between my parents till they eventually fell asleep and then slip out of bed and run off to play!

Dada had a plain black t-shirt that had “101” written in white at the front. It was one of his favourite t-shirts and he wore it quite often. Once, someone asked him what the number meant and, he promptly replied “it’s my weight”.

Apparently, my brother is a firm believer of “making memories wherever you go”. My parents have a large collection of stories from his childhood ranging from “At a relative’s wedding, he jumped from a staircase straight into a window and needed stitches” to “His aunt took him for a walk and he returned covered in cow dung”.