▁his ▁master ' s ▁degree ▁from ▁Department ▁of ▁H indi , ▁Al la hab ad ▁University . ▁Both ▁the ▁times ▁he ▁scored ▁first ▁positions ▁in ▁his ▁batch ▁of ▁ 6 0 s . ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 0 , ▁he ▁started ▁working ▁with ▁BBC ▁London ' s ▁foreign ▁broadcast ing ▁department ▁of ▁H indi ▁as ▁a ▁producer ▁for ▁four ▁years . ▁His ▁published ▁ 2 4 ▁po ems ▁on ▁his ▁experiences ▁in ▁London ▁in ▁the ▁London ▁Di ary ▁Series . ▁He ▁returned ▁to ▁India ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 4 ▁and ▁continued ▁working ▁as ▁a ▁poet ▁and ▁writer , ▁transl ator . ▁He ▁also ▁handled ▁work ▁of ▁their ▁publishing ▁house ▁which ▁was ▁named ▁after ▁him ▁as ▁" Ne el ab h ▁P rak ash an ". ▁ ▁Ash k ▁married ▁two ▁times . ▁He ▁separated ▁from ▁his ▁first ▁wife , ▁after ▁she ▁died , ▁he ▁married ▁second ▁time ▁girl ▁named ▁B hum ika ▁D w ived i ▁Ash k , ▁another ▁writer , ▁artist ▁and ▁social ▁worker ▁. ▁He ▁left ▁his ▁parent al ▁home ▁of ▁Al la hab ad ▁and ▁moved ▁to ▁Del hi . ▁Ash k ▁died ▁at ▁his ▁Del hi ▁residence ▁on ▁the ▁morning ▁of ▁ 2 3 ▁July ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁after ▁a ▁long ▁ill ness ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 7 0 . ▁His ▁fun eral ▁took ▁place ▁the ▁same ▁afternoon ▁at ▁N ig am ▁Bod h ▁G hat . ▁Vari ous ▁authors ▁and ▁writer ' s ▁associations ▁expressed ▁gr ief ▁on ▁his ▁death . ▁On