NAYANTARA SAHGAL is the author of 9 novels, 7 non-fiction works, and wide-ranging literary and political commentary. Her latest work is a collection of short stories titled DAY OF RECKONING. She has received the Sahitya Akademi Award, the Sinclair Fiction Prize and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize. She has held Fellowships in the United States at the Bunting Institute, the Woodrow Wilson.