Remembering Agent
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I would like to take a moment to remember my friend Agent (Naveen P. Engoor) who was killed by a drunk driver six years ago(article 1, article 2, article 3), in Topeka, Kansas.
I met Agent for the first time, back in August 1992, on a train from the Southern Indian city of Cochin to Ranchi, up North. Both of us had just graduated from high school, and were headed to Birla Institute of Technology for college. He was a quiet person, a calm person, a person who could be anyone’s friend, never got angry, and whose company everyone enjoyed, a rare individual. This little poem which Darren wrote in memory of Agent says it all:
For all the times
I peeped through the little crack in his door to spy on himFor all the times
I helped to re-arrange his furniture outside his roomFor all the laughs
Some with him, Some at himFor all those times
I had a meal with him at the mess hallFor all the times I chased him around
Only to catch him and then proceed to tickle him to tearsFor all the times
I spanked his black, shiny assFor all the days
That he made so much more memorableFor all that
As Twisted as it may seem
I miss you, brotherLife’s good with all those memories
Life would have been great with you still in it!– Darren
3 Comments
nishi
Dec 30, 2009 | 7:04 pm
It feels really wonderful to hear those lovely words about my dear brother. 10 yrs have gone by and he is very much alive amongst us .Thank you
Phalgunan
Jan 8, 2010 | 11:05 pm
Dear Darren,
I am so grateful to you for thinking so nicely about a lost friend. Wish to talk to u. We are in Dubai.
Pls do everything to keep the site and his rememberence.
Wish you and your famly all the best.
Wish to know your whereabout and about ur welfare.
Thanks
Phalgunan
Naveens Dad
Dubai, Mob 0506529261
KarmaDude
Jan 9, 2010 | 8:32 am
Hi Nishi and Uncle, so good to hear from both of you. Nishi where are you now and what do you do? Uncle, I have let Darren know about your comment.
This beautiful little poem by Darren reminds us all about our friend Naveen too (Agent to most of us).
-Liji