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Nergis Dalal, who has enriched Parsi writing in English is mainly a writer of prose and occasional periodical articles. She has contributed to esteemed journals like the Illustrated Weekly and Times of India etc. Besides “The Nude” which is a collection of brilliant short stories which explore the innermost recesses of the human soul, her major fiction includes Minari, The sisters, The Inner Door and The Girls from overseas. These four novels have earned a substantial place for her in the history of Indo-Anglican Literature. The novel ‘The Inner Door’ which has brought her into the limelight as a novelist can be called her master piece. The title of the novel, The Inner Door is quite apt in so far as the hero has opened the inner door for himself.