Nayantara Sahgal is an important Indian writer. She was one of the first female Indian writers in English to become famous. Her books talk about how India deals with big political changes. She won an important award in 1986 for her novel “Rich Like Us.” In her memoir “Prison and Chocolate Cake,” she writes about the sad time when Mahatma Gandhi passed away. It shows how she felt sad, and the whole nation was sad too.
