# Nisha da Cunha, writer and St Xavier’s professor, dies at 92 2026-08-13T13:34:21+00:00 | Entertainment | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets Veteran writer and literature professor Nisha da Cunha died at her residence on Tuesday evening, aged 92. She taught English at Miranda House for five years before joining Mumbai’s St Xavier’s College, where she spent 25 years and retired as head of the English Literature department in 1985. Former students, including author Shobhaa De, remembered her for making difficult books feel immediate and inspiring a love of literature. Da Cunha began writing fiction later in life, encouraged by former diplomat A D Gorwala. Her books included Old Cypress: Stories, The Permanence of Grief, Set My Heart in Aspic and No Black, No White: Short Stories. Actor-director Bugs Bhargava Krishna and her son Rahul were developing a Hindi and English screen adaptation of Old Cypress, with filming planned for October. ## Coverage - timesnownews.com - hindustantimes.com Tags: literature, Nisha da Cunha, Obituary, short stories, St Xavier's College Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/author-and-professor-nisha-da-cunha-dies-at-92/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/author-and-professor-nisha-da-cunha-dies-at-92/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.