A Feminist Study of Nayantara Sahgal Fiction
Abstract
As a writer with feminist concerns, Nayantara Shagal is a Progeny of the tradition where in power
itself is deified as goddess “Sakti” a female symbol. Her novels seek to posit the independent existence of
women and atrophy all attempts to preclude them from the centre-stage of human existence. The attempts to
attenuate women-power have been condemned by a number of writers in recent Indian English fiction, but
weapons do differ. Sahgal’s approach towards the issue is holistic and focuses mainly on the question of
identity-crisis for women.
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