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Abstract
An eminent Indian English writer, Nayantara Sahgal has represented a nation which was emerging out into a new nation in the form of independence. Keeping in view this transitional phase, the present study will be focused on changing social situation of postcolonial India. A Situation in New Delhi is a remarkable fictional work which represents an important social and political phase in Indian history. The novelist has posited some crucial ideas that transitions or changes are inevitable and on must be ready to accept changes. In the novel transitional elements have been between conventional values and ideals in culture and politics and emerging trends of the modern era. The objective of the present research paper is to find out the leftist-socialist mechanisms after going through the study of the novel A Situation in New Delhi.
As in the novel the legacy of Shivraj failed because it could not groom appropriate and proper followers with his visionary ideals. The new generation is not ready to accept the old orders and ideals due to the fast-changing modernity in all spheres of life. So, the novelist views that changes or transitions are inevitable and irrevocable and the best way out to accept the new by keeping in mind the old too. In this way one can tread towards progress and improvement of inefficiencies. The conflict of goals which is the main conflict of the contemporary society has been portrayed in different way. In the novel there are two types of people those who are ruthlessly urge for progress and those whose who are driven by humanistic values are represented in larger extent to differentiate between the two.