Power Politics and Women Empowerment in the Novels of Nayantara Sahgal : A Critical Assessment

Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. The Novelist and her environment. 3. Contemporary politics. 4. The woman\'s quest for self. 5. Vision and views. Bibliography. Index.

The present book Power Politics and Women Empowerment in the Novels of Nayantara Sahgal, a Critical Assessment is my modest attempt to elucidate and assess critically the various thematic patterns especially the politics and women empowerment in the modern context. While mirroring the spirit of its time the novels of Nayantara Sahgal have Trans-temporal and trans-spatial appeal as they uphold certain values of universal significance like Gandhian non-violence, humility, human dignity, self denial and purity of means threatened by the nuclear weapons, supremacy of money over man, the contentious question of the woman\'s right and racial and religious hatred. As she has been journalist writing on various political affairs, politics, especially contemporary politics dominates her creative work. (jacket)