Critics Susie Tharu and Ke Lalita have written, "Although Dhiruben does not consider herself a feminist, like the novelist Kundanika Kapadia, she believes that the root cause of women's inferior status lies in their own mental conditioning.

"[4] Her early work in particular deals with the lives of women and their relationships, and what Tharu and Lalita have also described as the "quest for selfhood".

In an interview, Patel said she agreed to let Supe translate it because "... he would understand my hero and his struggles as he has travelled the same path.

"[8] A recent collection of poetry, Kitchen Poems was written in English, and was first recited by her at the Neemrana Literary Festival in 2002.

[citation needed] Her novels and novellas include: Her short story collections are Kitchen Poems (2011) is collection of poems in English and translated by herself in Gujarati in 2016 Her plays include Pahelun Inam (1955), Pankhino Malo (1956), Vinashna Panthe (1961), Manno Manelo (1959), and Akash Manch (2005).

[3] Patel also wrote humour, including Pardukhbhanjak Pestonjee (1978), which is a collection of humorous adventure stories of character Pestonjee, Gaganna Lagan (1984), Kartik Ane Bija Badha (1988), a collection of her humorous essays, and Kartik Rang Katha (1990).

Anderi Ganderi Tipari Ten is her one of her famous and celebrated[citation needed] children's plays.