Gita V Mehta

Gita Mehta's "A River Sutra": A Study Guide from Gale's "Literature of Developing Nations for Students" (Volume 02, Chapter 14)

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India is a land of contrasts. It is the world's most populous democracy, but still upholds the caste system. It is a burgeoning economic superpower but one of the poorest nations on earth. It is the home of the world's biggest movie industry after Hollywood as well as to still-practiced religions th...

A River Sutra by Gita Mehta | Summary & Study Guide

A River Sutra Study Guide consists of approx. 40 pages of summaries and analysis on A River Sutra by Gita Mehta. This study guide includes the following sections: Plot Summary, Chapter Summaries & Analysis, Characters, Objects/Places, Themes, Style, Quotes, and Topics for Discussion.

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Beginning in the late '60s, hundreds of thousands of Westerners descended upon India, disciples of a cultural revolution that proclaimed that the magic and mystery missing from their lives was to be found in the East. An Indian writer who has also lived in England and the United States, Gita Mehta w...

A River Sutra

With imaginative lushness and narrative elan, Mehta provides a novel that combines Indian storytelling with thoroughly modern perceptions into the nature of love--love both carnal and sublime, treacherous and redeeming. "Conveys a world that is spiritual, foreign, and entirely accessible."--Vanity F...

Gita Mehta

Gita Mehta (born in 1943) is an Indian writer and was born in Delhi in a well-known Oriya family. She is the daughter of Biju Patnaik, an Indian independence...

Snakes and Ladders : Glimpses of Modern India

Snakes and Ladders: Glimpses of Modern India

Raj: A Novel

Karma Cola Marketing Mystic East

Karma Cola: Marketing the Mystic East

Karma Cola: Marketing the Mystic East

Raj

A River Sutra