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Nitin, as he was popularly known among the media
fraternity, was a mature writer on defence affairs.
He began his career by joining Reuters in 2000
and in 2007, shifted to Dow Jones Newswires. Just
a couple of months ago, he had decided to move
to India Strategic to strengthen its management
and editorial team.
Nitin was known to be a workaholic, and was
addicted to working on computers even at odd hours.
In his last moments, he was working on his laptop
when he suddenly collapsed.
Unfortunately, while he lived in a posh neighbourhood,
the nearest hospital said it had no ambulance
and it took time to get ambulance from another
hospital in a different locality.
Nitin had also produced TV documentaries on various
subjects, his first association being in 1995
with film production in Dubai.
He is survived by his wife and a four-year-old
son. He was the son of Gulshan Luthra, a noted
writer on strategic affairs and Rashmi Luthra,
film maker.
Born 30 January 1977, Nitin had his education
in Dubai Gem and Modern School in Dubai, Mayo
College-Ajmer, DPS School-RK Puram, New Delhi
and KM College, New Delhi.
Nitin was passionate about military aviation
and motor sports.
As a member of the Rotary international movement,
Nitin helped organise blood donation, anti-polio
and anti-cancer campaigns around New Delhi.
Prayers have been held for Nitin by his friends
across the world in temples, gurdwaras, churches
and mosques.
In New Delhi, the Prayer for him was held on
Tuesday 29 September 2009 and was attended by
a large number of his friends and colleagues besides
family members.
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