“Sensitivity towards Political and Human Background in nayantara Sahgal'S Storm in Chandigarh”

In the galaxy of Indian novelist in English the name of Nayantara Sahgal shines luminously by her significant contribution to the enrichment of the Indian English novels. She is undoubtedly the only woman writer in English in India who is also a political columnist, whose newspaper articles are characterized by their topicality, simplicity and above all boldness. Nayantara Sahgal has been crowned with literary glory by winning Sinclair Award and Sahitya Akademi Award. She communicates with the society as well as the global readers. She is the literary artist who has succeeded in affirming her position and identity. In Mrs. Sahgal, one can easily discern a happy combination of two sensitivities-the sensitivity of an artist and the sensitivity of a humanist. The present paper attempts to study Nayantara Sahgal's novels in the context of sensitivity towards political and human background. The study shows how the novelist shapes and directs the two sensitivities.