Darryl D’Monte, a passionate journalist who lived by his convictions, left a lasting legacy | The Indian Express

Darryl D’Monte, a passionate journalist who lived by his convictions, left a lasting legacy | The Indian Express

Written by Kalpana Sharma |Updated: March 19, 2019 8:06:41 am

The writer is a Mumbai-based journalist.

Darryl D’Monte, a passionate journalist who lived by his convictions, left a lasting legacy

There is never a good time for anyone to go, but this was not a good time for Darryl to go. His sane voice is needed today more than ever before.

An ardent environmental journalist, D’Monte had helmed the newsroom of The Indian Express, Mumbai, as resident editor.

I never thought I would be writing an obituary about a friend and a colleague. Darryl D’Monte — journalist, author, environmentalist, human rights activist, and, above all, a good human being has passed. He died on March 16 in a hospital in Mumbai, a city he lived in, loved and fought to save from environmental destruction.