Keki N. Daruwalla

On 26th September 2024, celebrated poet and former IPS officer Keki N. Daruwalla passed away in a Delhi hospital after a prolonged illness and pneumonia.

The poet passed away due to pneumonia-related complications.
Daruwalla, known for both his poetry and short stories, leaves behind two daughters, Anaheita and Rookvain, along with their families.
Born in Lahore in 1937, Daruwalla later studied at Government College in Ludhiana before joining the Indian Police Services in 1958.
He had an illustrious career, rising to become a special assistant on international affairs to former Prime Minister Charan Singh and serving in the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW), where he was promoted to secretary.
Despite his successful career in law enforcement, Daruwalla gained prominence for his literary works, with his first poetry collection, Under Orion, published in 1970.
Daruwalla received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1984, which he returned in 2015 as a protest against the institution's silence on violence against writers.