Pannalal Patel at 110: Rereading Manvini Bhavai

*Manvini Bhavai* (published 1947) is the story of Kalu and Raju, two lovers caught in the devastating Chhappaniyo famine of 1900. But it is also a novel about what it means to remain human when everything is stripped away. Patel's Gujarati is lean, rooted in the speech of North Gujarat villages. On his 110th birth anniversary, a new critical edition has been announced.