What’s your first memory of each other?
Mohsin: I can’t recall my first memory. We are only two years apart and were together all the time. He was more docile and silent, and I was batameez, boisterous, and headstrong.
Umar: He’s younger than I am, so I obviously have a lot of memories of him. He’s always been very naughty. He had very strong likes and dislikes, and was very persistent in what he wanted.
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What is the craziest thing you have done together?
Mohsin: We were very naughty kids. While our parents would take
an afternoon nap, we would climb up trees, run into alleys,
and try to catch birds.
Umar: Stealing plants.
What did you get punished for the most as a child?
Mohsin: I got punished a lot because I was very headstrong, always talking back and not respecting authority at all. My father was a professor, he was all about doing the right thing and being proper. I used to roam around barefoot and abba used to tell me to wear chappals. At the age of five, I would say “but I don’t like it!” I was always defiant and kind of a problem child for my parents.
Umar: I got into trouble only because of him.
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If you could only wear one piece of clothing for the rest of your life, from the other’s closet, what would it be?
Mohsin: I have always worn his embroidered kurtas, and would love to wear them forever. Now I have my eyes on his shawl collection, but of course they are very precious and I do not want to ruin them. He’s very organised and always tells me to take whatever I want from his closet, but to put it back properly — and I never do that.
Umar: Nothing!
If you could swap places with each other, what’s the first thing you would you do?
Mohsin: I wouldn’t want to swap places. I am happy and content with my life, I’ve got great friends and family. I wouldn’t like to swap places with anyone.
Umar: I would be less vocal.
What is the one thing you love about your brother?
Moshin: His generosity, as he is extremely large-hearted! People take advantage of this quality but the good thing about him is that he never changes.
Umar: He’s very passionate and he has a lot of empathy towards life. A lot of things bother me too, but if anything bothers him he’s very vocal and actually does something about it. He’s not like me who has a “choro” attitude, he doesn’t let go.
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If you are fighting with each other, how do you make up?
Mohsin: We don’t make up, we just start talking. Initially we won’t talk the first, second, third time, but then the fourth time we will.
Umar: Actually we don’t make up, we’ll just start talking.
What is one secret talent your brother has, that you wish you did too?
Mohsin: His aesthetic sense.
Umar: He’s a people person.
Which fictional character is your brother most like?
Mohsin: It’s very difficult to pinpoint a fictional character, but he’s definitely larger than life.
Umar: Not fictional, but he’s like the rebel writer Ismat Chugtai.
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How are your personalities similar?
Mohsin: We have shared aesthetics, which come from our creatively inclined parents. Apart from shared aesthetics, we do not have much in common, we’re actually poles apart.
Umar: To the world we might seem different, but because of our upbringing, our core values are the same.
Describe your brother in three words:
Mohsin: Generous to a fault and gullible.
Umar: He’s very empathic towards everything, passionate, and learned.
I can’t live without my brother because…
Mohsin: Because he’s my brother.
Umar: He is the shor in my life! It’ll be too quiet without him.
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