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Author and professor Nisha da Cunha dies at 92
Nisha da Cunha, the writer and former English literature professor at St Xavier's College, died at her residence on Tuesday evening at age 92. Daughter of former finance minister H M Patel,…
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Nisha da Cunha, the writer and former English literature professor at St Xavier's College, died at her residence on Tuesday evening at age 92. Daughter of former finance minister H M Patel, she taught at Miranda House for five years and then at St Xavier's for 25 years, retiring as department head in 1985.
Her first book, 'Old Cypress: Stories', appeared in 1991 when she was 60, followed by three more collections. An adaptation of 'Old Cypress' for screen, with versions in Hindi and English, was in pre-production with her son, playwright Rahul da Cunha, and actor-director Bugs Bhargava Krishna.
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A common narrative reduces a writer's worth to their published books. Nisha da Cunha's life challenges that: her 25 years in the classroom shaped minds as surely as her stories shaped letters. Former students recall her making literature 'immediate and alive'. The real measure of her legacy may not be book sales but the generations who carry her love of reading into their own lives.
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