Comments on: Tum itna kyun muskura rahe ho…

By: krishna gogia

krishna gogia — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:50:53 +0000

wonderful portryal of a fine man. hope this write-up reaches mr. bhatia’s friends all over the world

By: Rufina

Rufina — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:50:19 +0000

I have met Prof.Bhatia only once and he is really fascinating with his youthfulness besides being a wonderful human being. Being youthful at the age of 84 is putting our youthfulness to shame. Absolutely no complaints. Great going Prof. Bhatia!!! May God bless you and all your assignments and keep you safe and healthy always. Rufina/Mumbai

By: Harpal Singh

Harpal Singh — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:06:47 +0000

Hey Neeraj! It’s really nice to read such beautiful lines about my friend Prof. Bhatia. (Shola Hispanvi). He is such an intelligent person that any praising is not enough to describe him. I know Prof. Bhatia since 1983 and we share a wonderful relationship.

One thing I would like to add here, that despite a big age difference between me and Prof. Bhatia, everytime we get so friendly and the atomosphere around us is always so nice which all the more make as very good friends.

Neeraj, you are absolutely correct in adding those lines about his taking 3-4 pegs. Even today, I had a nice evening with him and we didn’t forget to cheers with those 3-4 pegs.

Few of my favorite lines from his ghazal are:-

“Usne kucch aur kay kaha hoga,
Raje hasti bata raha hoga.
Tum jo chaho to jaa milo usko,
woh kisi mod par ruka hoga.”

By: V S Ramanathan

V S Ramanathan — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 02:49:36 +0000

Your writeups are really fantastic, especially those on unsung heroes like Prof. Bhatia who at this age is so active and humorous.

I wish Prof. Bhatia a very long life. May he continue to shower his blessings to the journalist fraternity for a long time.

By: Farooq Miana

Farooq Miana — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 06:59:56 +0000

Dear Neeraj Bhushan,

It was a matter of great pleasure to read about Prof. Bhatia. Bhatias of Dera Ismail Khan were called Rajay.

Unfortunately, partition took away from us our most talented, liberal, educated and beneficial Deraywals.

After 60 years of partition, our friends have started tracking down old deraywals. For this purpose, we have created a website http://www.deraywal.com which is still under construction.

It will be a great help if you could send us poetry of Prof. Bhatia or give us his contact details so that we could have honour of talking with him.

Kind regards / Farooq

By: neerajbhushan

neerajbhushan — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:13:18 +0000

You are welcome Mr. Trikha. I am happy to see the glow on the professor’s face since I wrote on him. Its true delight to sit with him and share his deep love and emotions.

By: Ashok Trikha

Ashok Trikha — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:17:22 +0000

Prof, as he is generally known in the press club, is a charmer and many a member has lost out to him on girl friends.

He is an inspiration to a youngster like me, since I am still under seventy to be still young at heart though age may be affecting the body.

Thanks Neeraj for putting him on the net.

By: Suresh Babu

Suresh Babu — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:56:21 +0000

Prof. Bhatia is a wonderful human being i have ever met. (Though I meet him everyday almost). As Neeraj rightly said, you can always see him smiling. Imagine at this age, he has trapped all my girl friends (joking).

God bless Prof. Bhatia. And thanks to Neeraj for such wonderful job done.

Suresh/Rajan

By: Ashok Wankhade

Ashok Wankhade — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 02:17:22 +0000

Dear Neeraj,

I appreciate your work on this blog. Thanks to Prof. Bhatia for introducing me to you. I am also a journalist working in Delhi for 20 years and one thing we have in common – I am also from Sainik School (Satara).
with regards

Ashok Wankhade

By: aditya kutty

aditya kutty — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:58:15 +0000

I met him when I was in 4th class. He is one of my best friends.