{"id":134454,"date":"2023-09-23T05:19:38","date_gmt":"2023-09-23T05:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=134454"},"modified":"2023-09-23T05:19:38","modified_gmt":"2023-09-23T05:19:38","slug":"gita-mehta-dies-prominent-author-and-tv-director-was-80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.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":"<p>Gita Mehta, whose books transformed Western ideas on India, died today at her home in New Delhi. She was 80.<\/p>\n<p>Nicholas Latimer, a vice president and director of publicity at Knopf, where Ms. Mehta&rsquo;s husband, Sonny Mehta, was president and editor in chief for many years, said the cause was complications of a stroke.<\/p>\n<p>Gita Mehta and her husband &#8212; who was an influential editor in his time &#8212; were international literary stars, frequently appearing in  New York, London and India. <\/p>\n<p> In 1979 Ms. Mehta published her first book, &ldquo;Karma Cola: Marketing the Mystic East,&rdquo; a mix of anecdotes and commentary on Westerners seeking enlightment in India, often getting ripped off in the process. <\/p>\n<p>She was also the writer\/director for the 1971 TV series <em>World in Action, <\/em>a documentary on current.  affairs. 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