Background
He was born in Mumbai on December 2, 1905.
He was born in Mumbai on December 2, 1905.
Kanekar finished his high school studies in 1923 at Chikitsak Samuha Shirolkar High School in Girgaon, Mumbai.
After receiving from Mumbai University a bachelor"s degree and a law degree in 1927 and 1929, respectively, Kanekar practiced law for about four years. Through publication of a collection of his poems in 1933 and a collection of his short personal essays the next year, Kanekar had established himself by 1935 as a successful writer Leaving the legal profession in 1935, he worked during the next five years as an editor of, first, weekly Chitra (चित्रा) and then weekly Asha (आशा).
He stayed at the latter college as a professor for many years.
