Veteran journalist K Kasturi Rangan, passed away in Chennai this morning following a brief illness. He was 87 and is survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter. Kasturi Rangan was the special correspondent of leading Tamil daily Dinamani at New Delhi for over four decades. He also founded a Tamil literary magazine, Kanaiyazhi, along with well known Tamil writer late Rangarajan alias Sujatha. He was also one of the leading members of the 'Delhi Tamil Sangam', working for the welfare of Tamils in the national capital.