For one whose public life lasted only 17 years, the contribution of Karsondas is indeed remarkable. He began his public life as a educationist and played an important role in the promotion of women.s education and in funding institutions for public enlightenment. A jounralist who wielded his pen like a whip, he took on the Gujarati Vaishnavite religious leaders who were till then a law unto themselves. He exposed their licentiousness, winning the gratitude of countless helpless women. He was a proponent of widow remarriage and girls. education.