Keki Daruwalla, celebrated poet, passes away at 87

Poet, writer and former IPS officer Keki N Daruwalla, whose magic with words gained him national and international repute, has died at a Delhi hospital after a prolonged illness and a spell of pneumonia. He was 87.

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Daruwalla, one of India’s best-known writers in English, died on Thursday night.

“He had a stroke a year ago and hadn’t been keeping well since then. However, it wasn’t a stroke this time, he basically died of pneumonia,” his daughter Anaheita Kapadia said. Daruwalla, also known for his short stories, is survived by Anaheita and his other daughter Rookvain, sons-in-law and four grandchildren.