Dr Urvashi Pandya speaks about her work.

Q. Apart from the fact that you have worked closely on the same Kalina campus of the University of Mumbai, what were the other reasons for zeroing in on Dr Nemade’s writings as preferred material for the Gujarati reader?
Pandya: Dr Nemade is one of the most influential and original voices of twenty-first century Maharashtra. He revolutionized the form of traditional Marathi prose and autobiographical writing. There are very few writers whose influence inspires his contemporaries and the writers of successive generations, as well as those who belong to other regional linguistic cultures. There is a unique perspective heft in his novels. And his world view is as important as the language in which he puts it.