kundanika kapadia (11 january 1927 – 30 april 2020) was a gujarati novelist, story writer and essayist. she was born in limbdi, wadhwan state, british india but was raised in gujarat. snehdhan was her pen name. "parodh thata pahela" (1968) was her first novel followed by "agnipipasa" (1972). she wrote "sat pagala akashma" (seven steps in the sky, 1984).