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Chaman Nahal, a contemporary novelist in Indian writing in English. Recipient of the SahityaAcademy Awardees, Chaman Nahal who is believed to give the most comprehensive treatment to thesubject till date, has significantly contributed to the literature. Chaman Nahal, born in 1927 in Sialkot,India (now in Pakistan) and educated at Delhi University (M.A., 1948) and the University ofNottingham, England (Ph.D., 1961), was a professor of English at the Institute of Postgraduate Studies,Delhi University, and at Long Island University, New York, USA (from 1968-70). Between 1966 and1973 he wrote a literary column for The Indian Express