17 Facts About Kundanika Kapadia

Kundanika Kapadia was an Indian novelist, story writer and essayist from Gujarat.

Kundanika Kapadia was born on 11 January 1927 in Limbdi to Narottamdas Kapadia.

Kundanika Kapadia completed her primary and secondary education in Godhra.

Kundanika Kapadia participated in the nationalist Quit India Movement in 1942.

Kundanika Kapadia pursued an MA in entire politics from Mumbai School of Economics but could not appear in examinations.

Kundanika Kapadia married the Gujarati poet Makarand Dave in Mumbai in 1968.

Kundanika Kapadia co-founded Nandigram, an ashram near Vankal village near Valsad, with him in 1985.

Kundanika Kapadia was known as Ishamaa by her Nandigram fellows.

Kundanika Kapadia died on April 30,2020 at Nandigram near Vankal village in Valsad district, Gujarat, India, at the age of 93.

Kundanika Kapadia wrote Saat Pagala Aakashma, which won her critical acclaim and is considered her best novel which explored feminism.

Kundanika Kapadia's selected stories were published as Kundanika Kapadia ni Shreshth Vartao.

Kundanika Kapadia was influenced by Dhumketu, Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Rabindranath Tagore, Shakespeare and Ibsen.

Kundanika Kapadia edited Param Samipe, Zarukhe Diva and Gulal ane Gunjar.

Kundanika Kapadia translated Laura Ingalls Wilder's work as Vasant Avshe.

Kundanika Kapadia translated Mary Ellen Chase's A Goodly Fellowship as Dilbhar Maitri and the Bengali writer Rani Chand's travelogue as Purnakumbh.

Kundanika Kapadia was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati in 1985 for Sat Pagala Akashma.

Kundanika Kapadia received the Dhanji Kanji Gandhi Suvarna Chandrak in 1984.