In Bombay, Trivedi was associated with several social and literary institutions such as Kelavni Parishad, Sahitya Parishad and Nagar Mandal. He served as a secretary of Forbes Gujarati Sabha for sometime. He wrote articles on contemporary political issues and letters to the press regarding social, political and literary issues. He was in close association with several writers including
Govardhanram Tripathi,
Anandshankar Dhruv,
Narsinhrao Divetia and
Keshav Harshad Dhruv. His articles were mainly published in Gujarati journals
Vasant and
Samalochak. He worked as an editor of the latter for sometime. He published articles in periodicals including
Parsi ane Prajamitra,
Sanj Vartaman,
Hindustan and
Indian Review. He served as an editor of
Daily Mail for sometime in 1919. Trivedi's criticism of Govardhanram's epic-novel
Saraswatichandra is considered to be a remarkable work. He wrote a series of articles entitled
Saraswatichandra ane Aapno Grihasansar (
Saraswatichandra and the Web of Our Family-life), in which he analysed and evaluated
Saraswatichandra from the points of view of plot-construction and characterisation. Trivedi also wrote on the public life of
Narmad, and on literary life of
Manilal Dwivedi. The other articles Trivedi has written include:
G. M. Tripathi: A Hindu Idealist,
A Historical Survey of National Indian Politics and
Constitutional Theory of Hindu Law. He translated
Gita Rahasya by
Lokmanya Tilak into Gujarati. His other translations include
British Hindustan No Arthik Itihas (1990) and
Akbar (1923). A collection of Trivedi's writings was compiled and edited by
Ramprasad Bakshi and
Ramanlal Joshi under the title
Uttamlal Trivedi Ni Gadyariddhi, published by
Gujarati Sahitya Parishad in 1971. ==See also==