Parakh....

Guys, its late at night almost 1am, and Im tired, but never too tired to introduce
my most favourite friend, Mr Gandhi.

The second eldest amongst the Legendary Gandhi Bros, Parakh became my friend
in 1986 ! Man ! The first time I remember Parakh is when I grabbed his 10 Rupee
Pilot pen and smashed it on the desk ! You see I was on this trip of breaking peoples
pens and writing in a copy, the value of all the pens I broke that year ! Well, turns out
Parakh Dint react or beat me up(everyone else did), he just gave his peaceful Gandhian smile . You see Parakh is the kind of guy, if someone slaps him on the cheek, He will turn not only his other cheek but all other cheeks for slapping, pinching or spanking.

The second very vivid memory I have is of Parakh in 1989 coming to me and asking..
Gauti..how do i Look..... (He had shaved for the first time in his life). Gosh, theres no honest
answer to that, even today. He looked so f..ked ,I dint have the heart to tell him.

Parakh was always intelligent and good at studies. Just that somehow, he could not pass
in a single subject after 10th Boards all the way uptil the 12th Boards. Did he stress out ?
No. Panic ? no. Just that cool smile. One day this study business got to him and he said
"Gauti, for the chem paper Im going to study all night tonight" Well, man of his word,he actually did. So what if he got 4/100 in that paper. Its the effort right ?

This dude is the epitome of honesty and truth and the Doodhwala incident proved his integrity
beyond doubt. IN a rush to get to college our man knocked over a Doodhwala with his car (not his fault, the car dint have brakes). Then Mr stopped the car, got out gave the Doodhwala cash,
his phone number, his email id (Email wasnt even invented then), Home and office address ,Pan card and passport details. needless to say, the doodhwalas arrived at his place and threatened to beat up all the three brothers. They left after Mr Gandhi Senior persuaded them in his gruff
fighter pilot voice. But they left with more cash(. (the doodhwala bought a bike I heard)

With his sweet, pity me, chocolaty looks , Parakh often got out of sticky
situations where others could not. School teachers , saw his cute unshaven innocent face and gave him that extra 33 grace marks needed to pass.

All of you already know all these qualities , but Im sure none of you know thats hes an excellent
sportsman. An incredible spin bowler, Parakh never completed an over in six balls, and his balls(I mean deliveries) never went anywhere near the batsmen. In fact his record was 38 wide balls in one go at the Noida stadium. Its in the Limca book of records.

Despite missing out on good times all his life since hes always been working,burning pizzas or waiting at parties, dude remains his calm cheerful self.