It does not contain a continuous story, but presents events centered in Surat, the native home of both authors.

The content depicts typical first-hand knowledge of a 'Surat-born and bred' child, with the brush of a caricaturist.

Some of the chapters from novel include the mode of teaching by the orthodox schoolmaster, the confusion at the time of a Surati wedding, the search for the proper bride, etc.

[2] A telefilm directed by Hridaynath Gharekhan, based on Ame Badha, was broadcast on DD Girnar as an episode on the TV series Indian Classics.[when?

][5] Dhansukhlal Mehta adapted the novel into a one-act play, Sari Jatu Surat (1942).