Nayantara sahgal biography pdf

Indian writer (born 1927)

Nayantara Sahgal ( nee' Pandit) ,(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 sahgal biography pdf

She was awarded the 1986 Sahitya Akademi Award for her English novel Rich Like Us (1985).^[1]

Early life

Sahgal'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.

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Sahgal's mother, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, was the daughter of Motilal Nehru and sister of India's first prime minister, J