Aneesh Bhanot, who conceptualized and compiled this book says : This is a tribute to my younger sister - Neerja - who showed the world the true meaning of courage, commitment and compassion and gave up her own life while saving hundreds of others on a Pan Am plane hijacked at Karachi Airport on September 5, 1986.
There are 11 chapters in the book with each chapter written by people who knew Neerja and have related big and small incidents and delightful experiences they had with her. Six of her school and college mates – Vrinda, Sunita, Eli, Naomi, Jabeen and Shantala – have written a chapter each. Wendy, who was her Trainer at Pan Am and gave her anti-hijack training. Dharmendra Shah, who was a passenger on the plane and survived the hijack, Akhil Bhanot, my brother and of course Neerja’s brother, Atul Kasbekar who has produced the film Neerja, have all written a chapter each. One chapter is basically an article written by my father, Harish Bhanot, in the Hindustan times in 1986.”
There are 11 chapters in the book with each chapter written by people who knew Neerja and have related big and small incidents and delightful experiences they had with her. Six of her school and college mates – Vrinda, Sunita, Eli, Naomi, Jabeen and Shantala – have written a chapter each. Wendy, who was her Trainer at Pan Am and gave her anti-hijack training. Dharmendra Shah, who was a passenger on the plane and survived the hijack, Akhil Bhanot, my brother and of course Neerja’s brother, Atul Kasbekar who has produced the film Neerja, have all written a chapter each. One chapter is basically an article written by my father, Harish Bhanot, in the Hindustan times in 1986.”
