Dadi Edulji TaraporewalaBorn into a family of wealthy Parsi landowners of Tarapore, Dadi Edulji Hirji Taraporewala (1868-1914) was a prolific Gujarati poet, novelist and playwright, and an active member of the Parsi Writers Association. Apart from several volumes of poems, hich he published under the pseudonym Diljaan, he wrote 18 novels, including Pativrata baayadi no Vahemi Bharathar ('Doubting Husband of a Chaste Woman', 1886); and Paak Daaman Piroja ('Pure-hearted Piroja', 1892). His most popular novel Dukhi Dadiba was serialized in Masik Majah, a monthly magazine which Taraporewala edited, and published as a book in 1913, a year before he died at the age of 46. Read More Read Less