Gita Mehta, eminent writer, Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik’s sister no extra
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By Express News Service
NEW DELHI: The daughter of late Odia political stalwart Biju Patnaik, and the elder sister of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Gita Mehta belonged to the ‘first family’ of Odisha however carved her personal id as a author, hitting the highlight first with Karma Kola and Snakes and Ladders within the ’70s, then along with her brief story assortment, a River Sutra, in 1993, one of many first Indo-Anglian literary works to be internationally thought-about a cult work earlier than the style got here to be referred to as such. She handed away at her residence in Delhi on Friday. She was 80 years outdated.
The tug of struggle between purity and fervour was on the core of Sutra however Mehta, handled it in her attribute tragic-comic means and the guide, as fits a sutra, is crammed with sensible sayings. The guide is taken into account representational of Indian tradition and likewise has a twin imaginative and prescient, factoring in how the West sees it. It maps a large terrain via its portrayal of music, faith, and main cultural landmarks with the story set in mid-to-late twentieth century India and across the river Narmada in central India.
In 2019, she was conferred India’s fourth-highest civilian honour, the Padma Shri, by the BJP authorities for her contribution within the area of literature and schooling, an honour she “politely declined” as its timing might be “misconstrued” in an election 12 months. In interviews to the media, she mentioned she was prompted
to take action “thinking of my brother, not wishing to cause him any embarrassment at a sensitive time – or even face accusations that nepotism might have been brought to bear to get me the award”.
Mehta was identified for her detachment to institutional honours. When questioned about what she considered awards normally she mentioned the method was subjective making a comparability: “For example, why Ravi Shankar, but not Vilayat Khan for the Bharat Ratna?”
Mehta has produced and/or directed tv documentaries for UK, European and US networks. During the years 1970–1971 she was a tv struggle correspondent for the US tv community NBC, Dateline Bangladesh, her work on Bangladesh, is effectively regarded.
She was married to publishing skilled, Sonny Mehta, a former head of the Alfred A. Knopf publishing home.
NEW DELHI: The daughter of late Odia political stalwart Biju Patnaik, and the elder sister of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Gita Mehta belonged to the ‘first family’ of Odisha however carved her personal id as a author, hitting the highlight first with Karma Kola and Snakes and Ladders within the ’70s, then along with her brief story assortment, a River Sutra, in 1993, one of many first Indo-Anglian literary works to be internationally thought-about a cult work earlier than the style got here to be referred to as such. She handed away at her residence in Delhi on Friday. She was 80 years outdated.
The tug of struggle between purity and fervour was on the core of Sutra however Mehta, handled it in her attribute tragic-comic means and the guide, as fits a sutra, is crammed with sensible sayings. The guide is taken into account representational of Indian tradition and likewise has a twin imaginative and prescient, factoring in how the West sees it. It maps a large terrain via its portrayal of music, faith, and main cultural landmarks with the story set in mid-to-late twentieth century India and across the river Narmada in central India.
In 2019, she was conferred India’s fourth-highest civilian honour, the Padma Shri, by the BJP authorities for her contribution within the area of literature and schooling, an honour she “politely declined” as its timing might be “misconstrued” in an election 12 months. In interviews to the media, she mentioned she was prompted
to take action “thinking of my brother, not wishing to cause him any embarrassment at a sensitive time – or even face accusations that nepotism might have been brought to bear to get me the award”.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
Mehta was identified for her detachment to institutional honours. When questioned about what she considered awards normally she mentioned the method was subjective making a comparability: “For example, why Ravi Shankar, but not Vilayat Khan for the Bharat Ratna?”
Mehta has produced and/or directed tv documentaries for UK, European and US networks. During the years 1970–1971 she was a tv struggle correspondent for the US tv community NBC, Dateline Bangladesh, her work on Bangladesh, is effectively regarded.
She was married to publishing skilled, Sonny Mehta, a former head of the Alfred A. Knopf publishing home.
