Chandigarh, May 12 -- Saturday morning when I got a phone call from a friend in Ludhiana that Surjit Patar had passed away calmly in his sleep at his Aashapuri home in Ludhiana with his near and dear ones around him, the first reaction was of disbelief. One had thought our dear poet would be there forever. Well, he will be there forever in his verses and prophetic lines from him come to caress and condole: 'Main nahi rahanga mere geet rehange/Paani ne mere geet te main paani te leek haan!)'....