Nana has recalled that the friends who came into his life may have kept him from ending up in the underworld, sharing the reflection in an interview published by OnlineKhabar and Ratopati. He illustrated their bond with an anecdote about firewood, smoke and a misunderstanding that left him thinking his friends were crying for him.
Friends who changed his path
Looking back, Nana said that without these people, he might have ended up in the underworld. His remark presents their influence as significant in the direction his life took, though the interview details provided do not identify the friends or explain when and how they first became part of his life.
The recollection is framed not as a detailed account of criminal activity, but as a personal reflection on the role of friends. Nana linked their presence to a different outcome for himself, using the underworld as the possibility he believes he might otherwise have faced.
The firewood story
Nana also recounted being asked what he grew in his field. He answered that he grew firewood himself, then added that otherwise his friends would burn him with wet firewood. The remark carried a teasing edge, turning a question about what could be cultivated into a joke about his companions.
He described the smoke from the wet firewood making their eyes water. Seeing their tearful eyes, he thought they were crying for him. The story brings together the joke and its unintended effect: the friends' eyes watered because of the smoke, while Nana interpreted the moment as an expression of concern for him.
The episode gives a glimpse of how Nana recalled the friendship - through an anecdote that mixes rough humor with affection. Its details are brief, but the contrast is clear: the friends tease him, the smoke makes them appear emotional, and he reads their watery eyes as sympathy.
A personal recollection
Together, Nana's comments connect his broader reflection about the underworld with a small, memorable story about his friends. He did not, in the account summarized by the outlets, provide further details about what he meant by the underworld or describe a specific incident that might have led him there. His point was that the people who entered his life mattered to the course it took.
The interview's anecdote also shows why the firewood story stayed with him. A question about what he grew in his field prompted a joke about being burned with wet wood; the resulting smoke made his friends' eyes water, and he mistook the effect for tears shed on his behalf. Nana's account turns that misunderstanding into a warm, comic memory of the people he says helped keep him from a different path.
Read the Ratopati interview.
