A Study of Women, Politics and Society in the Novels of Nayantara Sahgal

<p>In the present study, the researcher gives a<br>glimpse of Women, Politics and Society as<br>shown in the novels of Nayantara Sahgal.<br>Nayantara Sahgal’s novels deal with an<br>Indian form of writing which emerges from<br>the Indian context and addresses the novels<br>of Indian people. Her novels portray the<br>picture of the contemporary women having<br>desires and aspirations, hopes and<br>frustrations. In all her novels, Nayantara<br>Sahgal explores the emotional world of<br>women along with her concern with<br>politics. The major political events set up<br>the background for her novels and portray<br>the cultural and social changes in Indian<br>society. Sahgal’s engrossment with politics<br>as well as her continually raising marital<br>problems establishes a correlation between<br>her own life and the themes of her novels.<br>Sahgal, in all her novels, relates the themes<br>of politics with the theme of man – woman<br>relationship, their marital problems and the<br>problem of the status of women in society.</p>