Grounded in details of ancient royal tradition and Hindu ritual, the story of Princess Jaya of Balmer counterpoints a vanished way of life against the complex political realities involved in the passing of the Raj and the birth of the modern nations of India and Pakistan.

MEHTA, GITA

Literature & Fiction

Vintage Books

A sequence of delicate, tragic stories evokes the profound presence of tradition and desire. A retired bureaucrat has escaped the world to run a guest-house on the banks of the country's holiest river, the Narmada. But too many lives converge here and he meets a series of unusual characters.

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 Fair. Reading tour.

Literary

Nan A. Talese

Novel set in Indian state on culture, nationalism and Independence.

GITA MEHTA

South Asia Books

This first novel describes the life of an Indian princess, brought up with old values into a world which is turning those values upside down. Jaya Singh, brought up in Royal India in the 1920s, becomes politically active and is torn between her loyalty to tradition and her admiration for Gandhi.

Genre Fiction

RH Canada UK Dist

A collection of interwoven stories, written in the traditional form of Indian storytelling, explores the savagery of human love and illuminate the paradoxes of India. 25,000 first printing. $25,000 ad/promo.

A River Sutra

United States

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 that are millennia old. As India celebrates fifty years of independence in 1997, the world will want to know, more than ever before, just what India is all about. As she has proved in three previous books--her wry take on the marketing of the mystic east in Karma Cola; the rich historical saga of Raj; and the beguiling tales of A River Sutra--there is no better guide to India's multi-hued mosaic than Gita Mehta. She knows India in all its rich detail--its folkways and history, its culture and politics, its ancient traditions and current concerns. In Snakes and Ladders, she gives a loving but unflinching assessment of India today, entertaining, informative, and wholly personal. Combining a topic that will be in the news all year with a high-profile writer known for her sharp tongue and brilliant observations, Snakes and Ladders is sure to be one of the most talked-about and reviewed books of 1997.

Snakes and Ladders

India is a land of contrasts. It is the world's most populous democracy, but it 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 the world's oldest religions. It is an ancient civilization celebrating fifty years as a modern nation. Now, as never before, the world wants to know what contemporary India is all about. As she has proved in three previous books--her wry take on the marketing of the mystic East in Karma Cola; the rich historical saga of Raj; and the beguiling tales of A River Sutra--there is no better guide to India's multihued mosaic than Gita Mehta. She knows India in all its rich detail--its folkways and history, its culture and politics, its ancient traditions and current concerns. In Snakes and Ladders, she gives a loving but unflinching assessment of India today, in an account that is entertaining, informative, and wholly personal.

Snakes and Ladders: Glimpses of Modern India

Dramas & Plays

Anchor

Written by the author of "Karma Cola" and "Raj". An old man retired to a holy river, only to find that wisdom lies in the world, not out of it.

TRAFALGAR SQUARE +

By the world-famous novelist, this fascinating blend of personal memoir, historical anecdote and wry observation offers the indispensable guide and key to contemporary India in the fiftieth year of its independence. Entertaining, informative and passionate, there is no book like it. With a novelist's eye for detail and colour, Gita Mehta writes of the continent of contradictions that is host to one-sixth of the world's population. The world's largest democracy, it still practices the caste system. It's a burgeoning economic superpower, and one of the poorest nations on earth. It has the world's largest film industry, and the world's oldest religions. It is an ancient civilisation celebrating fifty years as a modern nation, entering a new civilisation many believe will belong to China and India. Now, as never before, the world wants to know what contemporary India is all about.

Snakes And Ladders

Biographies & Memoirs

RANDOM HOUSE UK

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Raj

River Sutra

River Sutra

Raj

Raj

A River Sutra

Snakes and Ladders

Snakes and Ladders: Glimpses of Modern India

River Sutra

Snakes And Ladders