Former bureaucrat, Hyderabad biographer Narendra Luther passes away

Hyderabad, Jan 19 : Former civil servant, historian and author Narendra Luther passed away here on Tuesday. He was 89.
Luther, who was also a poet, was ailing for some time. He is survived by wife, a son and a daughter.
One of the first officers of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), he was considered to be an authority on Hyderabad’s history and culture and a symbol of the city’s “Ganga Jamuni tehzeeb”.
He was also engaged in conservation activities playing a key role in the Society to Save Rocks.
The last rites were performed at Vaikunta Mahaprasthanam, Whisper Valley, in the evening.
Luther authored 14 books, the last being his autobiography “A Bonsai Tree”, published in 2017. It is a gripping story encompassing heartrending events of the Partition, the life of a migrant on the Indian side of Punjab, his struggle to fulfill his dream, his experiences as an administrator and his love for Urdu, Hyderabad and humour.