10 fiery quotes by Nayantara Sahgal

Architect of Indian literary landscape, the original feminist and advocate of freedom, Nayatara Sahgal is the 'author of the month' for Write India short story writing contest. Born in 1927, Sahgal is the daughter of Vijay Lakshmi Pandit, who was India’s first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s sister. One of the first woman political columnists in India, Sahgal is an eminent English writer. Here we share some of her fiery quotes which will make you question and ponder over various issues and, maybe, even inspire you. Read on!

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“Truth is a strong medicine. It should be prescribed with great care.”
― Nayantara Sahgal

“... choice in any sphere is a peril, the basic division of people is of those who believe in choice and those who mistrust it.”
― Nayantara Sahgal

"(Race) had no substance, like a shadowy shape that terrifies in the dark but vanishes by the light of the day."
― Nayantara Sahgal

"In the end countries, like people, are alone, and the real things that must be done have to be done without help."
― Nayantara Sahgal

"At the heart of fundamentalist and extremist paradigms are rejections of equality and universality of human rights, both of which are critical to ensuring women’s cultural rights, making unwavering defence of those principles the touchstone of a gender inclusive human rights response.”
― Nayantara Sahgal

"Passion of any sort is seldom governed by the rules of etiquette."
― Nayantara Sahgal

"Civilisation itself is housed in the human being."
― Nayantara Sahgal

"When a nation is struggling for freedom, it is at its best and noblest. Decay and corruption follow when freedom is attained."
― Nayantara Sahgal

“Once you have known true freedom, you will not settle for something less.”
― Nayantara Sahgal

“Societies are built as much on what people choose to forget as what they remember.”
― Nayantara Sahgal