within days of her return to power. Not one to be intimidated, Sahgal in 1982 wrote a scathing, insightful account of Gandhi's rise to power. Gita Sahgal, the writer and journalist on issues of feminism, fundamentalism, and racism, director of prize-winning documentary films, and human rights activist, is her daughter. On 6 October 2015, Sahgal returned her Sahitya Akademi Award to protest what she called "increasing intolerance and supporting right to dissent in the country", following the murders of rationalists Govind Pansare, Narendra Dabholkar and M. M. Kalburgi, and the Dadri mob lynching incident; for this she was praised in 2017 by Karima Bennoune, United Nations monitor for cultural rights. In September 2018 she was elected as a Vice President of PEN International. Bibliography Prison and Chocolate Cake (memoir; 1954) From Fear Set Free (memoir; 1963) A Time to Be Happy (novel; 1963) This Time of Morning (novel; 1965) Storm in Chandigarh (novel; 1969) The Freedom Movement in India (1970) Sunlight Surrounds You (novel; 1970) (with Chandralekha Mehta and Rita Dar i.e. her two sisters; this was the daughters' tribute to their mother) The Day in Shadow (novel; 1971) A Voice for Freedom (1977) Indira Gandhi's Emergence and Style (1978) Indira Gandhi: Her Road to Power (novel; 1982) Plans for Departure (novel; 1985) Rich Like Us (novel; 1985) Mistaken Identity (novel; 1988) A Situation in New Delhi (novel; 1989) Lesser Breeds (novel; 2003) Relationship (collection of letters exchanged between Nayantara Sahgal and E.N.Mangat Rai;1994) Before freedom: Nehru's letters to his sister 1909-1947 (edited by Nayantara Sahgal) The Fate of Butterflies (novella; 2019) See also Nehru-Gandhi family Political families of India References Further reading Ritu Menon, "Out of line: A literary and political biography of Nayantara Sahgal. 2014". Asha Choubey, "The Fictional Milieu of Nayantara Sahgal: A Feminist Perspective. New Delhi: Classical. 2002." Asha Choubey, "A Champion's Cause: A Feminist Study of Nayantara Sahgal's Fiction with Special Reference to Her Last Three Novels". Writers from Allahabad 1927 births Living people Writers from Dehradun Wellesley College alumni Kashmiri people 20th-century Indian novelists Indian women novelists Nehru–Gandhi family Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in English Novelists from Uttar Pradesh 21st-century Indian novelists 20th-century Indian women writers 21st-century Indian women writers Women writers from Uttar Pradesh English-language writers from India Indian memoirists