Background
Dalal was born on 21 October 1933 in Ahmedabad.
Dalal was born on 21 October 1933 in Ahmedabad.
She completed SSC in 1949, her Bachelor of Arts in English in 1954, her master"s in English in 1956 and later her Doctor of Philosophy from Gujarat University. She completed an Mississippi degree at the University of Illinois in 1959.
She is a retired professor and Head of the Department of English at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Arts College, Ahmedabad where she taught from June 1960 to 1990s.