Kavi and I would work together until 9pm at the Library (book, not food), and it got REALLY boring, if you can imagine. Kavi always kept it entertaining, however. He was always finding online movie quizzes that we would complete as a group. When we got tired of that, Kavi would always get into a debate on some random topic. He loved playing Devil’s Advocate. The most memorable debate was probably when Kavi announced that he fully supported the caste system. He was incredibly persuasive and articulate–he almost had the entire library staff convinced before he let on that he was joking. Time always flew on those shifts.

For my entire life, I’ve always known him as Kavi. But when I met him again in NYC after 6 years, he told me that he was trying to get people to call him “Shekhar” again. At which point, I said “but on facebook what’s your name?” and of course, it has and always will be “Kavi.” So, his plan failed, and I’ll always know him as my big brother, Kavi Shekhar Pandey.