In loving memory of
Anand Kumar
1958 — 2024
passed peacefully on Sep 22nd · Panchami tithi
1 year, 254 days ago today
In loving memory of
1958 — 2024
passed peacefully on Sep 22nd · Panchami tithi
1 year, 254 days ago today
Cared for by the family · Hosted with care on Atulya
Anand was a school teacher in Patna for 38 years. He could explain quadratic equations with rangoli and Tagore with a whistle. He grew tomatoes that everyone in the colony stole, then pretended he didn't notice. He held his grandchildren the way other people hold first editions — carefully, and with the assumption that they would outlast him. He passed peacefully in his sleep on Bhadrapada Krishna Saptami, 22 September 2024, two months shy of his 67th birthday. He is survived by his wife Sushila, his children Rohit and Anjali, and four grandchildren who haven't yet realised how much they will miss him.
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Sushila Kumar
Apr 18, 2026
53 years. I will read the morning paper to your photograph until I can't anymore. — your wife.
Rohit Kumar
Apr 18, 2026
Papa, I finally figured out how the Wi-Fi works without your help. I would gladly pretend not to know if you were back.
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Aarav (grandson, age 9)
Apr 18, 2026
Dadu, the tomatoes you planted came back this year. Mummy says you would have been very happy. I ate three.
Priya, his student 1986-89
Apr 18, 2026
Sir, you told me girls could do calculus too at a time when no one else in our village agreed. I built a life on that. Thank you.
Suresh Sharma (colleague, 41 years)
Apr 18, 2026
He once stayed back four hours after school to teach a Class 9 boy who'd missed a fortnight because his father was ill. Never told anyone. The boy is now a doctor in Hyderabad.
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