Diaspora as a concept has long been associated with physical exile, migration, and the geographical dislocation of individuals and communities. However, contemporary diaspora studies have broadened this definition to include complex psychological, cultural, and historical experiences of displacement that transcend territorial movement. K. N. Daruwalla (b. 1937), a preeminent Indian English poet, embodies this expanded sense of diaspora. Born in Lahore before the Partition, the poet was displaced to India as a child, carrying throughout his life a residual trauma and memory of uprootedness. Coupled with his Parsi minority identity and his professional life as a police officer navigating the violent socio-political landscapes of India, Daruwalla’s poetry is permeated with diasporic sensibility—marked by estrangement, nostalgia, border-consciousness, and identity fragmentation.