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When  Anant   was  16, his  father  torched himself in his home office.  He never found out what made his  father   do  that.   “ Do   you know  how burning flesh smells?”  he  asked   while   laying  beside me and tracing circles on my  hand .   “No and  I  hope  I  never get to.” I   met   Anant  in  college ;  he  was  a loner like me.   I  wouldn’t call him handsome, but there was something appealing about his  personality .   Passing by boys  dorm  room to  collect   my   notes  from one of  my  classmate  I   heard  ‘Marvin Gaye Let’s Get  it  on’  coming  from Room 13, when  I   peaked  through the  window ,  I   saw   Anant  siting in dark and  playing  with a lighter,  it  was unsettling to  watch   it  but  I  couldn’t make myself look away.   Later  I  found out that when his  father  was burning ‘Marvin Gaye’ was  playing  on  his  stereo ,  it   was  the  song  and screaming that caught  Anant ’s attention while he was  playing   fifa  downstairs.   “Why do you  k