We mourn the death of the acclaimed author, Keki N. Daruwalla, who passed away on 26 September at the age of 87. His debut poetry collection Under Orion was published by Writers Workshop in 1970, followed by Apparition in April in 1971, which brought him the Uttar Pradesh State Award in 1972. He went on to write many other books of poetry, short stories, novels and nonfiction prose. Daruwalla received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1984 for The Keeper of the Dead (1982).  He returned this award in 2015 in protest after the death of writer […]