Eminent Hindi poet Kedarnath Singh passes away

''Jnanpith awardee and renowned Hindi poet Kedarnath Singh passed away in New Delhi yesterday after a prolonged illness. He was 84. ''''''''Kedarnath Singh was one of India's most prominent modern Hindi poets besides being an essayist and a well-known critic. Born on 7 July 1934 in village Chakia of Ballia district in eastern Uttar Pradesh he won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1989 for his poetry collection Akaal Mein Saras and the Jnanpith Award in 2013. ''''''Kedarnath had been a profe...