Nayantara Sahgal writes Indian political and literary fiction about power, public life, marriage and the changes surrounding independence and its aftermath. Rich Like Us moves between the Emergency period of the 1970s and earlier generations, following women and officials whose private choices are constrained by political privilege and authoritarian rule. A Time to Be Happy and This Time of Morning similarly place family and social relationships against the development of independent India, while Mistaken Identity uses the colonial period and imprisonment to examine politics through a more ironic voice. Sahgal's fiction is conversational and politically alert, with elite households, bureaucracy and national events repeatedly crossing into domestic life. Her work fits Indian political fiction, postcolonial literature and historical family novels, particularly for readers interested in how state power is experienced through relationships rather than through political institutions alone. Read more Less
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