Rohan was genuinely one of my favorite people. From the first time I met him in 7th grade, to the last time I saw him, he was always genuinely happy to see me and always had such a positive spirit. As someone mentioned on a previous tribute on here, he made everyone feel like their best friend.
Generally speaking, when you start to get very comfortable with someone, you naturally stop being as polite, and even forget common decency sometimes. This can mean unnecessary rude comments or sarcasm, mean jokes, arguing over trivial disagreements just to be right, not respecting your time and showing up late, or bailing on plans at the last minute. Some or all of which I’ve experienced with other friends. I pretty much never experienced any of that from Rohan, even after knowing him for 15 years. He was as good of a friend and person as you could ask for.
Friendship was very important to Rohan. He was pretty much the glue of our friend group. He put a lot of time and effort into maintaining friendships, and planning trips and getting us all together to hang out. He was never one to hold back, or hide his frustration or disapproval for things. That’s one of the things I loved about him. Whether it be showing up late, flaking on plans, not responding or communicating well when making plans, being unnecessarily cheap, Rohan made sure to let us know, and pushed us to be better. He always called us out on our bs, of which there was a lot.
The value he placed upon friendship, however, was just a result of much he cared about the people he was around in general. He really was just a loving person all around, especially so with his parents and Banner. I could tell because of how much he would talk about them. Nearly every single time we hung out, he would always mention them, and some interaction they had that day.
There’s a lot of memories we shared together, from the trips. all the times we hung out in Cary, playing basketball and volleyball together during covid. It’s hard to pick what my favorite one was. I just miss his presence. His smile, jokes, infectious energy, and the overall warm feeling I had when he was around.
RIP Rohan