Urvish Kothari is a well-known Gujarati writer, columnist, and satirist with a keen interest in Gandhi, Patel, Ambedkar, Nehru, and the freedom movement of India. He did his PhD on the Hindu–Muslim relationship in Gandhi’s articles in the periodical Navjivan. He has written books in Gujarati on various subjects including one on Sardar Patel. His collection and appreciation of English cartoons of India in the twentieth century resulted in a summer school course at CEPT University, Ahmedabad, in 2015. Hindi film music from the 1930s–60s is his other passion.
He runs Saarthak Prakashan with two friends, and co-edits Saarthak Jalso.