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The objective of the present study is to concentrate on Sahgal's major issues throughout her novels which is the suffering, anguish, pain, and identity faced by the women in the male-dominated society. I have done my best to convey that Nayantara Sahgal's journey as a female writer begins with her quest for selfhood and culminates in her achievement of it. She detests cruelty and pain because of humanitarianism. She supports Indian women's rights and emancipation and is very sensitive to their plight. Sahgal delves deeply into female psyche in almost of her novels. She has the ability to examine them with empathy and tenderness. As a female novelist, her primary goal is to advocate women's empowerment. Sahgal is incredibly worried about her women's personal fear, the loneliness and alienation, and by the fallout of marriages. Sahgal's female characters suffer because they are always fighting to maintain their uniqueness and individuality at whatever costs. She plays married women who endure a lot of hardships, and when their marriages become oppressive, they ultimately decide to file for divorce. She depicts her women's life filled with suffocation, pain, anxiety and suffering. To get free from this suffocating atmosphere the women choose only divorce.