{"id":43258,"date":"2023-09-23T05:19:40","date_gmt":"2023-09-23T05:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cabanesetcompagnie.com\/?p=43258"},"modified":"2023-09-23T05:19:40","modified_gmt":"2023-09-23T05:19:40","slug":"gita-mehta-dies-prominent-author-and-tv-director-was-80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cabanesetcompagnie.com\/business\/gita-mehta-dies-prominent-author-and-tv-director-was-80\/","title":{"rendered":"Gita Mehta Dies: Prominent Author And TV Director Was 80"},"content":{"rendered":"
Gita Mehta, whose books transformed Western ideas on India, died today at her home in New Delhi. She was 80.<\/p>\n
Nicholas Latimer, a vice president and director of publicity at Knopf, where Ms. Mehta’s husband, Sonny Mehta, was president and editor in chief for many years, said the cause was complications of a stroke.<\/p>\n
Gita Mehta and her husband — who was an influential editor in his time — were international literary stars, frequently appearing in New York, London and India. <\/p>\n
In 1979 Ms. Mehta published her first book, “Karma Cola: Marketing the Mystic East,” a mix of anecdotes and commentary on Westerners seeking enlightment in India, often getting ripped off in the process. <\/p>\n
She was also the writer\/director for the 1971 TV series World in Action, <\/em>a documentary on current. affairs. In her 20s, she worked on British documentaries while teaching at Bombay University.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\nMust Read Stories<\/h2>\n
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