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Gita Mehta (1943 – 2023) was an Indian American writer, journalist, and filmmaker. She was the writer of five popular books including Karma Cola (1979), A River Sutra (1993), and Eternal Ganesha (2006) which were translated into 21 languages. Her work primarily addressed Indian issues to help Western audiences better understand the country ...
Mehta had written books including Karma Cola, Snakes and Ladders, A River Sutra, Raj and Eternal Ganesha. She also produced and directed at least 14 television documentaries for UK, European and ...
“Gita Mehta weaves the story of Jaya, the princes of Balmer and Maharani of Shirpur. It is intricately interwoven with the political events but it has the tears and romance of a woman’s existence in India which saves the work from being a mere record of the all-too-well known history of our freedom struggle, or a racy account of the grandeur and frivolity of the exorbitant life-style of the princes.”5
Sep 18, 2023 · Gita Mehta was married to legendary publisher Sonny Mehta and divided her time in three continents — Asia, America and Europe. She was close to her father Biju Patnaik, had incredible love for younger brother Naveen, and deep knowledge in all matters specially concerning Odisha from the Jagannath culture to the detailed history and politics of the state.
Sep 20, 2023 · Gita Mehta, a well-known writer and journalist, died on Saturday at the age of 80 in New Delhi. She had been battling illnesses for quite some time. Mehta was also the elder sister of Odisha's Chief Minister, Naveen Patnaik, and the daughter of Biju Patnaik. Mehta built a name for herself as a war correspondent during the 1971 war and was ...
Sep 17, 2023 · Gita Mehta was married to the New York-based publishing guru, Ajai Singh alias Sonny Mehta, who was the influential editor-in-chief of Alfred Knoft and chairman of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing ...
Gita Mehta (born in 1943) is an Indian writer and was born in Delhi in a well-known Odia family. She is the daughter of Biju Patnaik, an Indian independence activist and a Chief Minister in post-independence Odisha, then known as Orissa. Her younger brother Naveen Patnaik has been the Chief Minister of Odisha since 2000.
