She was a novelist, short story writer, and poet from Maharashtra, India. She wrote in Marathi and English.
She was born in Pune in 1942 to Irawati Karve and Dinkar Karve, her father being one of the sons of Dhondo Keshav Karve. After finishing her high school education at Ahilyadevi School in Pune, she attended Fergusson College, also in Pune, to receive an M.A. in English Literature. She then received her PhD in English from Pune University.