Bye Kumar, No more 5/85

 On July 15, two days ago, my brother had is 58th birthday.

On the same day by evening my cousin brother who is fondly called Kumar by all who knew him, but was actually named 'Amalnadan',  passed away after a long illness.

He was the closest cousin I had. He stayed in the house where we sent a couple of yours, 5/85, Paper Town.

Now the house will recede into memories as his widowed wife will depart from there.

Memories. The house and him. Him teaching me to ride the bike. Him, as the human, who stayed on in a house that  saw his birth and death. No more.

I remember him fondly.