[2] Neerav Patel was born in Bhuvaldi, a village in Daskroi Taluka of Ahmedabad district, in the Indian state of Gujarat.

[3] He changed his name to Neerav Patel because he faced atrocities due to casteism.

He edited short-lived Gujarati magazines with others namely Kalo Suraj, Sarvanam, Swaman and Vacha.

[8][9] He published two poetry collections in English, Burning From Both The Ends (1980) and What Did I Do To Be Black and Blue (1987).

[2] His other works are Severed Tongue Speaks Out (2014) and Wanted Poets (2019, posthumous).