It is extremely difficult talking about someone who should have been around to raise his grandchildren, in the past tense. I feel that any minute he will knock on my door and ask “So what's the plan for dinner?”

Syed Fahim Munaim, the late CEO and Chief Editor of Maasranga Television, who died on June 1, can be best described as the life support system for an indefatigable smile.

It is hard to believe that Fahim is no more; it seems like a bad dream from which we will wake up to see his ever smiling, jovial and pleasant face, cracking a joke or pulling somebody's leg.

Fahim's was always a larger than life presence. Never a moment without his infectious smile, always the first to come up with a joke suitable for the occasion, never shying away from pulling someone's leg, almost always taking us by surprise with his ready wit and always able to turn a rather serious encounter into a more pleasant occasion with his superb social skills.

The first namaj-e-janaza of Syed Fahim Munaim, chief executive officer and chief editor at Maasranga Television, has been held on the premises of Jatiya Press Club in Dhaka.

Eminent journalist Syed Fahim Munaim, who died yesterday, will be buried at Banani graveyard in the capital tomorrow.

He had an endearing smile that would light up his face. He would always greet people with a great deal of warmth and leave them enchanted with his sharp wit.

Facebook and Twitter are stirred with the tributes, obituaries and lamentations since morning after the news of the untimely demise of Syed Fahim Munaim spreaded.

Syed Fahim Munaim, chief executive officer and chief editor at Maasranga Television, has died of cardiac arrest at the age of 62. Also former executive editor of The Daily Star, Munaim breathed his last at his residence in Dhaka.