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Nayantara Sahgal

Nayantara Sahgal: ‘Can the spirit of 1947, with its individual rights and freedoms, be recaptured?’

To mark India’s 75th Independence Day, PEN America asked authors from India and the Indian diaspora to write short texts expressing what they felt.

Nayantara Sahgal
· Aug 15, 2022 · 08:30 am
Can an entire society be brainwashed into forgetting its virtues? Nayantara Sahgal’s novel finds out

‘The Fate Of Butterflies’ is a chilling new novel of a probable near future.

Nayantara Sahgal
· Feb 22, 2019 · 08:30 am
What Nayantara Sahgal was not allowed to say at Marathi literary meet

The writer’s invitation to the All India Marathi Meet was withdrawn after an objection by MNS workers. This is the full text of the speech she would have given.

Nayantara Sahgal
· Jan 07, 2019 · 08:21 pm

How far from (or near) are we to the India depicted in Nayantara Sehgal’s new novel?

In this excerpt, an art gallery owner seeks to rescue a Muslim painter who has been put into a ghetto with others of his faith.

Nayantara Sahgal
· Sep 19, 2017 · 06:30 pm
We don’t need home-grown fanatics adding their own brands of madness: writer Nayantara Sahgal

Full text of the speech delivered by the author at the Hyderabad Literary Festival, in which she called for a renewed resistance against the creation of a Hindu Rashtra.

Nayantara Sahgal
· Jan 14, 2016 · 11:30 am
The unmaking of India: Why writer Nayantara Sahgal is returning her Sahitya Akademi Award

Her action is a mark of respect to Indians who have been murdered defending the right to dissent, the literateur said.

Nayantara Sahgal
· Oct 06, 2015 · 04:33 pm

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Nayantara Sahgal

Nayantara Sahgal: ‘Can the spirit of 1947, with its individual rights and freedoms, be recaptured?’

To mark India’s 75th Independence Day, PEN America asked authors from India and the Indian diaspora to write short texts expressing what they felt.

Nayantara Sahgal · Aug 15, 2022 · 08:30 am

Can an entire society be brainwashed into forgetting its virtues? Nayantara Sahgal’s novel finds out

‘The Fate Of Butterflies’ is a chilling new novel of a probable near future.

Nayantara Sahgal · Feb 22, 2019 · 08:30 am

What Nayantara Sahgal was not allowed to say at Marathi literary meet

The writer’s invitation to the All India Marathi Meet was withdrawn after an objection by MNS workers. This is the full text of the speech she would have given.

Nayantara Sahgal · Jan 07, 2019 · 08:21 pm

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How far from (or near) are we to the India depicted in Nayantara Sehgal’s new novel?

In this excerpt, an art gallery owner seeks to rescue a Muslim painter who has been put into a ghetto with others of his faith.

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We don’t need home-grown fanatics adding their own brands of madness: writer Nayantara Sahgal

Full text of the speech delivered by the author at the Hyderabad Literary Festival, in which she called for a renewed resistance against the creation of a Hindu Rashtra.

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The unmaking of India: Why writer Nayantara Sahgal is returning her Sahitya Akademi Award

Her action is a mark of respect to Indians who have been murdered defending the right to dissent, the literateur said.

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