Gita Mehta

Gita Mehta (b. 1943), was born in Delhi in a family of freedom fighters, and is the daughter of Biju Patnaik, the most prominent political leader of Orissa. She completed her education in India and the UK (Cambridge University)

Although being the wife of Sonny Mehta, head of the Alfred A. Knopf house, keeps her in the publishing limelight, she has emerged a writer in her own right. The subject of both her fiction and non-fiction is exclusively focussed on India, its culture and history, and the Western perception of it. Her works reflect the insight gained through her journalistic and political background.

Gita Mehta divides her time among New York, London and New Delhi.

Works

• Karma Cola: Marketing the Mystic East
• Raj
• Snakes and Ladders
• A River Sutra