Nayantara Sahgal

thumb|Nayantara Sahgal, 2007 Nayantara Sahgal (born 10 May 1927) is an Indian writer who writes in English. She is a member of the Nehru–Gandhi family, the second of the three daughters born to Jawaharlal Nehru's sister, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit. Quotes We are unique in the world that we are enriched by so many cultures, religions. Now they want to squash us into one culture. So it is a dangerous time. We do not want to lose our richness. We do not want to lose anything...all that Islam has brought us, what Christianity has brought us, what Sikhism has brought us. Why should we lose all this? We are not all Hindus but we are all Hindustani. As quoted in "The Fate of Secularism in India", Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, April 04, 2019. Sahgal made these remarks after her invitation to inaugurate the ninety-second Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan (All India Festival of Marathi Literature) in Yavatmal had been revoked. “We Should Not Lose Our Hindustaniyat, Says Nayantara Sahgal” The Indian Express, January 30, 2019. External links Nayantara Sahgal Category:1927 births Category:Living people Category:Novelists from India Category:Women authors from India Category:People from Allahabad