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Sahgal (right) with Frida Kahlo (centre) in Mexico City (1947)[3]
Sahgal attended a number of schools as a girl, given the turmoil in the Nehru family during the last years (1935–47) of the Indian freedom struggle. Ultimately, she graduated from Woodstock School in the Himalayan hill station of Landour in 1943 and later in the United States from Wellesley College (BA, 1947), which she attended along with her sister Chandralekha, who graduated 2 years earlier in 1945. She has made her home for decades in Dehradun, a town close to Landour where she had attended boarding school (at Woodstock).[4]
Marriage and career
Nayantara Sahgal speaking at the launch of Mistaken Identity by HarperPerennial in Delhi, November 2007
Sahgal has been married twice, first to Gautam Sehgal and later to Edward Nirmal Mangat Rai, a Punjabi Christian who was an Indian Civil Service officer.[5][6] Though part of the Nehru family, Sahgal developed a reputation for maintaining her independent critical sense.[7] Her independent tone, and her mother's, led to both falling out with her cousin Indira Gandhi during the most autocratic phases of the latter's time in office in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Gandhi cancelled Sahgal's scheduled appointment as India's Ambassador to Italy within days of her return to power. Not one to be intimidated, Sahgal in 1982 wrote a scathing, insightful account of Gandhi's rise to power.[8][9][10]
Gita Sahgal, the writer and journalist on issues of feminism, fundamentalism, and racism, director of prize-winning documentary films, and human rights activist, is her daughter.[11]
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Further reading
Ritu Menon, "Out of line: A literary and political biography of Nayantara Sahgal. 2014".[1][2]
Asha Choubey, "The Fictional Milieu of Nayantara Sahgal: A Feminist Perspective. New Delhi: Classical. 2002."
Asha Choubey, "A Champion's Cause: A Feminist Study of Nayantara Sahgal's Fiction with Special Reference to Her Last Three Novels".
Wikiquote has quotations related to Nayantara Sahgal.
^SONYA DUTTA CHOUDHURY (2 November 2014). "Snippets from a rich life". Review of the book "Out of line: A literary and political biography of Nayantara Sahgal". The Hindu. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
^Vivek Menezes. "Book Review "Out Of Line"". Live mint. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
January 31, 2023
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This article s lead section may be too short to adequately summarize the key points Please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article February 2022 Nayantara Sahgal born 10 May 1927 is an Indian writer who writes in English She is a member of the Nehru Gandhi family the second of the three daughters born to Jawaharlal Nehru s sister Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit Nayantara SahgalSahgal at a press meet in 2016Born 1927 05 10 10 May 1927 age 95 Allahabad United Provinces British IndiaOccupationWriterNationalityIndianAlma materWellesley CollegePeriod20th centuryGenrePolitics feminismNotable awardsSahitya Akademi Award 1985 ChildrenGita SahgalParentsRanjit Sitaram Pandit father Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit mother RelativesJawaharlal Nehru uncle Indira Gandhi cousin She was awarded the 1986 Sahitya Akademi Award for her English novel Rich Like Us 1985 1 Contents 1 Early life 2 Marriage and career 3 Bibliography 4 See also 5 References 6 Further readingEarly life EditSahgal s father Ranjit Sitaram Pandit was a barrister from Kathiawad Pandit was also a classical scholar who had translated Kalhana s epic history Rajatarangini into English from Sanskrit citation needed He was arrested for his support of Indian independence and died in Lucknow prison jail in 1944 leaving behind his wife Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit and their three daughters Chandralekha Mehta Nayantara Sehgal and Rita Dar citation needed Sahgal s mother Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit was the daughter of Motilal Nehru and sister of India s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru Vijaya Lakshmi had been active in the Indian freedom struggle had been to jail for this cause and in 1946 was part of the first team representing newly formed India that went to the then newly formed United Nations along with M C Chagla 2 After India achieved independence Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit served as a member of India s Constituent Assembly the governor of several Indian states and as India s ambassador to the Soviet Union the United States Mexico the Court of St James Ireland and the United Nations citation needed Sahgal right with Frida Kahlo centre in Mexico City 1947 3 Sahgal attended a number of schools as a girl given the turmoil in the Nehru family during the last years 1935 47 of the Indian freedom struggle Ultimately she graduated from Woodstock School in the Himalayan hill station of Landour in 1943 and later in the United States from Wellesley College BA 1947 which she attended along with her sister Chandralekha who graduated 2 years earlier in 1945 She has made her home for decades in Dehradun a town close to Landour where she had attended boarding school at Woodstock 4 Marriage and career Edit Nayantara Sahgal speaking at the launch of Mistaken Identity by HarperPerennial in Delhi November 2007 Sahgal has been married twice first to Gautam Sehgal and later to Edward Nirmal Mangat Rai a Punjabi Christian who was an Indian Civil Service officer 5 6 Though part of the Nehru family Sahgal developed a reputation for maintaining her independent critical sense 7 Her independent tone and her mother s led to both falling out with her cousin Indira Gandhi during the most autocratic phases of the latter s time in office in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s Gandhi cancelled Sahgal s scheduled appointment as India s Ambassador to Italy within days of her return to power Not one to be intimidated Sahgal in 1982 wrote a scathing insightful account of Gandhi s rise to power 8 9 10 Gita Sahgal the writer and journalist on issues of feminism fundamentalism and racism director of prize winning documentary films and human rights activist is her daughter 11 On 6 October 2015 Sahgal returned her Sahitya Akademi Award to protest what she called increasing intolerance and supporting right to dissent in the country following the murders of rationalists Govind Pansare Narendra Dabholkar and M M Kalburgi and the Dadri mob lynching incident 12 for this she was praised in 2017 by Karima Bennoune United Nations monitor for cultural rights 13 In September 2018 she was elected as a Vice President of PEN International 14 Bibliography EditPrison and Chocolate Cake memoir 1954 15 From Fear Set Free memoir 1963 A Time to Be Happy novel 1963 This Time of Morning novel 1965 Storm in Chandigarh novel 1969 The Freedom Movement in India 1970 Sunlight Surrounds You novel 1970 with Chandralekha Mehta and Rita Dar i e her two sisters this was the daughters tribute to their mother The Day in Shadow novel 1971 A Voice for Freedom 1977 Indira Gandhi s Emergence and Style 1978 Indira Gandhi Her Road to Power novel 1982 Plans for Departure novel 1985 Rich Like Us novel 1985 Mistaken Identity novel 1988 A Situation in New Delhi novel 1989 Lesser Breeds novel 2003 Relationship collection of letters exchanged between Nayantara Sahgal and E N Mangat Rai 1994 16 17 Before freedom Nehru s letters to his sister 1909 1947 edited by Nayantara Sahgal The Fate of Butterflies novella 2019 See also EditNehru Gandhi family Political Families of The WorldReferences Edit Sahitya Akademi Awards listings Sahitya Akademi Official website Archived from the original on 25 September 2010 Retrieved 2 March 2011 Chagla M C 1 January 1974 Roses in December an autobiography 1 ed Bombay Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Tenth Edition Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan 2000 ISBN 81 7276 203 8 Prashad Vijay Flashback How Mexican artist Frida Kahlo came to be photographed in a sari Scroll in Retrieved 24 November 2017 Sahgal Nayantara 13 October 2014 At home in Dehradun From Hindus to Muslims and Christians to Buddhists revelling in the multi cultural hues of the Doon Valley www outlookindia com Retrieved 24 December 2019 Choudhury Sonya Dutta 2 November 2014 Snippets from a rich life The Hindu ISSN 0971 751X Retrieved 25 May 2019 Invitation card of the marriage ceremony of Km Nayan Tara Pandit D o Vijay Lakshmi Pandit from J L Nehru on 2nd Jan 1949 in Hindi New Delhi 1949 Retrieved 12 September 2022 via National Archives of India Nayantara Sahgal Jaipur Literature Festival jaipurliteraturefestival org 17 September 2013 Retrieved 25 May 2019 Nayantara Sahgal English writer The South Asian Literary Recordings Project Library of Congress Library of Congress New Delhi Office Choubey Asha Food Metaphor A Champion s Cause A Feminist Study of Nayantara Sahgal s Fiction with Special Reference to Her Last Three Novels Postcolonial Web Bookshelf Nayantara Sahgal South Asian Women s NETwork Archived from the original on 6 April 2016 Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit www allahabaddekho com Archived from the original on 22 December 2019 Retrieved 24 December 2019 Ramachandran Smriti Kak Raman Anuradha 6 October 2015 Nayantara Sahgal protests Dadri lynching returns Akademi award The Hindu Retrieved 7 October 2015 UN Body Praises Author Nayantara Sahgal For Returning Sahitya Akademi Award After Dadri Lynching Outlook India 26 October 2017 Retrieved 28 October 2017 The 84th PEN International Congress closes in India with a focus on free expression and women writers peninternational org 8 October 2018 Retrieved 4 September 2019 Sage Lorna Greer Germaine Showalter Elaine 30 September 1999 The Cambridge Guide to Women s Writing in English Cambridge Cambridge University Press p 551 ISBN 0 521 49525 3 Alok Rai 30 June 1994 Lost labour India Today Retrieved 4 March 2015 Nayantara Sahgal E N Mangat Rai 25 August 2008 Relationship Harper Collins p 336 ISBN 9788172236823 Further reading EditRitu Menon Out of line A literary and political biography of Nayantara Sahgal 2014 1 2 Asha Choubey The Fictional Milieu of Nayantara Sahgal A Feminist Perspective New Delhi Classical 2002 Asha Choubey A Champion s Cause A Feminist Study of Nayantara Sahgal s Fiction with Special Reference to Her Last Three Novels Wikiquote has quotations related to Nayantara Sahgal SONYA DUTTA CHOUDHURY 2 November 2014 Snippets from a rich life Review of the book Out of line A literary and political biography of Nayantara Sahgal 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