There are around 3 and half years of difference between my younger brother and I. I often fought with him. He was there always with me, whatever I do, certain things even if he doesn't like, he does for me. But most of the time I will be unkind to him. When we have many friends to play, especially when our cousins come to our house or we go to their house, I had always tried to put him down. I enjoy teasing him. But he never does that back to me. Even if I do all these injustice to him, I always want him near me. May be I want to dominate on somebody, but.. I don't know... .. I Love him...
Whenever he reference me to somebody, he always add an adjective "my". "my brother" "ente chettan". I still remembered cricket played in our backyard, often games turned into fight, resumes sometimes later. Sometimes we shout bad words each other, always he exhausted of words before me because he has less vocabulary in this case. Most of the time if our mother heard this, she intervenes and scolds.
I was always better in school than he was. Studies was little tough for him, he lacks interest. But I am sure that he is very clever than me. He got a sharp memory. In our home he is like a directory, he knows where exactly the every things are. So whenever I cant find anything I ask him. His replies are most of the time correct. His observation of nature. I really admire... I feel jealousy of him. I always felt why I cant find it with my senses. I remember he saying that one bird cries like "BJP BJP". When I listen it afterward, ya its true.. He taught me how to climb a tree. After coming from school I used to have his training of climbing a arracknut tree or a coconut tree. I remember he saying to me " The wish of flying made me to learn myself this art of climbing" :-)
He is lazy in reading story books also. He will take some page and push to me to read it aloud so that he can lie down hearing the story. He always want to put one leg on top of me while listening and even I enjoyed that weight on me. Our grandmother used to give money on some special occasions, my share will be over soon. But he preserves his part. But I borrow it by promising him that I will give you back when I get a job, and apparently he is very confident on that deal. He really trust me!!!!.... He is the most trust worthy person for me in this world..... to whom I can say anything... anytime.... anywhere... I am lucky to have him. As Khaled Hossieni said in kite runner "there is a brotherhood between people who had fed from the same breast, a kinship that not even time could break".
