Dead people

Ankit: Mummy, why do people pray to dead people?
Mummy, not sure what he is talking about: Where did you see people praying to dead people.
Ankit: I saw Baba-Dadi (Grandpa-Grandma) praying to some dead people.
Mummy: No Ankit, they were praying to pictures of God.
Ankit: <Silence>
Ankit: I know why people pray to dead people.
Mummy, not sure where that came from: Why, Ankit?
Ankit: So they become alive.