Has it always been sports that ruled his time? Or did he have any other passions?
Jayanti: He loved playing video games. While he is playing video games he is off (in another world). Even if you ask him something important he would (not hear you).
Pan Singh: He likes music. Hindi gaana. Kishore Kumar gaana he likes very much. He goes to the movies very little. Even now.
Devki Singh: Now he likes angrezi gaana too
Pan Singh: His shok (passion) is motorcycles. He has 5-6 of them now.
Jayanti: He gets up early morning and goes for a bike ride and he loves that. Some of his motorcycles are parked in my house. And I am the caretaker. He will call up and say, 'Did you start the bike?'
He is fond of dogs. He is planning to bring some more dogs once he shifts to his new house (two years from now in a nearby suburb of Harmu). When he brought Zara he asked me to decide her name. I was a bit busy in those days. I took time to decide.
He was outside India somewhere. Yes, he was in Pakistan. And then he called me and said, 'Did you decide?' I told him I was still deciding. He said, 'No need now I have decided. Zara.
I said, 'Zara?! A dog with a name like Zara? Keep it Zorro. Don’t keep it Zara'.
But he said, 'Once I have decided Zara it means it will be Zara!'
Photograph: Pan and Devki Singh next to the television Dhoni bought them to see his matches.
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