Vinodini Nilkanth
Vinodini Ramanbhai Nilkanth was an Indian Gujarati writer, translator, and academic. She wrote novels, essays, short stories, journalist columns, and children's literature.
Early life
Vinodini Nilkanth was born in Ahmedabad, then part of the Bombay Presidency. Her father was Ramanbhai Nilkanth, a Gujarati novelist and politician. Her mother, Vidyagauri Nilkanth, was a social reformer and educator, and one of the first women in Gujarat to graduate from university. Both of her parents were writers, as well as her sister Sarojini.Vinodini attended primary school at Mahalakshmi Training College. She went to secondary school at Government Girls High School. In 1928, she completed her Bachelor of Arts with English as her primary subject and Gujarati as a secondary language. In 1930, she went to University of Michigan to study for her Masters in Social Science and Education.
Career
Vinodini Nilkanth was chief of the Vanita Vishram, an institute in Ahmedabad. She was also the Headmistress of the Municipal Girls High School in Ahmedabad. Later she became a professor at the S. N. D. T Mahila Pathshala. She also wrote columns in newspapers. She was a member of the executive committee of the Gujarat Vidhya Sabha.Works
Nilkanth published her first book of essays in her teens. Her short stories revealed her penetration of the human mind, particular the mind of a woman.Personal essays
Rasadwara- ''Nijananda''
Short story collections
Aarasini Bhitarma Karpasi ane Biji VartaoDil Dariavna Moti- ''Angulino Sparsh''
Novel
- ''Kadalivan''
Children's literature
Shishuranjana Mendini Manjari Balakoni Duniyama DokiyuSafarachand- ''Padchand Kathiyaro''