Nayantara Sahgal
Nayantara Sahgal (born May 10, 1927 in Allahabad ) is an Indian writer and journalist who was born as a member of the Nehru Gandhi family . Her mother was Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit . This makes Sahgal a cousin of Indira Gandhi .
Sahgal, like her mother before, is a sharp critic of Indira Gandhi. One of the first official acts after her re-election in 1980 was the recall of Sahgal as Indian ambassador to Italy. A year later, Sahgal's very critical and sometimes polemical book Indira Gandhi: Her Road to Power was published .
In the novel Sunlight Surrounds You , Sahgal and her sisters Chandralekha Mehta and Rita Dar erect a memorial to their mother.
In 1986 she received the Sahitya Akademi Award . In 1990 she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .
Publications
- Prison and Chocolate Cake (Memories; 1954)
- From Fear Set Free (novel; 1963)
- Time To Be Happy (novel; 1963)
- This Time of Morning (novel; 1965)
- Storm in Chandigarh (novel; 1969)
- Sunlight Surrounds You (novel; 1970)
- The Day in Shadow (novel; 1971)
- Indira Gandhi: Her Road to Power (non-fiction book; 1982)
- Plans for Departure (novel; 1985)
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Rich Like Us (novel; 1985)
- The Memsahib: Novel of Independent India . Translated by Werner Peterich . Zurich: Diana 1989
- Mistaken Identity (novel; 1988)
- A situation in New Delhi (novel; 1989)
- Lesser Breeds (novel; 2003)
Web links
- Literature by and about Nayantara Sahgal in the catalog of the German National Library
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Sahgal, Nayantara |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian writer and ambassador |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 10, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Allahabad |