Chandigarh prof delves into Nayantara Sahgal’s work in new book

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The book provides a comprehensive critical re-reading of Sahgal's works and includes her engagement with historical events and political dilemmas linked to the colonial, anti-post-neo-/colonial discourse in India..

The head of the department of English and Centre for Research at Post Graduate Government College for Girls, Sector 11, professor Maninder Sidhu, on Friday released her new book, titled Nayantara Sahgal: A Century of Political Insights at the Government Museum and Art Gallery, Sector 10...

The launch was followed by a discussion between the author and Mukherjee on the manner in which the book captures the political and historical aspects of Sahgals works and analyses it alongside the works of prominent 20th century thinkers and writers like VS Naipaul, Salman Rushdie and Arundhati Roy.. Published by Taylor and Francis Group, the book is a comprehensive critical re-reading of Sahgals works and includes her fictional and non-fictional engagement with historical events and political dilemmas linked to the colonial, anti-post-neo-/colonial discourse in India...

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