WRITER

Gita Mehta

1943 - 2023

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Gita Mehta (née Patnaik; 12 December 1943 – 16 September 2023) was an Indian-American writer and documentary filmmaker. As a journalist and documentary filmmaker she frequently covered war and conflict including covering the Bangladesh liberation war of 1971. As an author she published five books which were translated into 21 languages. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gita Mehta has received more than 572,643 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Gita Mehta is the 6,266th most popular writer, the 881st most popular biography from India and the 118th most popular Indian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 570k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Karma cola
Civilization, Description and travel, Foreign Visitors
1979
Snakes and ladders
Description and travel, History, Social conditions
1997
The Vintage Book of Indian Writing 1947-1997
Indic literature (English), Literary collections, Indic literature
1997
A river Sutra
Fiction, Tales, Pilgrims and pilgrimages
A sequence of delicate, tragic stories by the bestselling author of Raj evokes the profound presence of tradition and desire. A retired bureaucrat has escaped the world to spend his twilight years running a guest-house on the banks of the country's holiest river, the Narmada. But he has chosen the wrong place for peace and quiet: too many lives converge here and he meets a series of unusual characters including a privileged young executive bewitched by a mysterious lover; a neophyte Jain monk moving from opulence to poverty; and an intense ascetic who resurfaces in a surprising reincarnation.
1993
Raj
Fiction, History, India, fiction
1989
Raj
Fiction, History, New York Times reviewed
1 volume
1997

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gita Mehta ranks 6,266 out of 7,302. Before her are Aleksandar Hemon, Philip G. Epstein, Matti Yrjänä Joensuu, Derek Taylor, Lauren Weisberger, and Renata Viganò. After her are Athol Fugard, Ingvar Ambjørnsen, George Farquhar, Howard Jacobson, Mah Laqa Bai, and Róža Domašcyna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Gita Mehta ranks 650. Before her are Jackson C. Frank, Guillermo Yávar, Norman Thagard, Rolf Edling, James L. Jones, and Al Foster. After her are Pedro González, John Hunter, John Pendry, Lothar Kobluhn, Nicolae Pescaru, and Masushi Ouchi. Among people deceased in 2023, Gita Mehta ranks 545. Before her are José del Castillo, Hans-Werner Gessmann, Edward Ferry, Gordon Pinsent, James Hartle, and Shiro Hashizume. After her are David Singmaster, Valentin Yudashkin, Barrett Strong, Alistair Darling, Bert I. Gordon, and Stockton Rush.

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In India

Among people born in India, Gita Mehta ranks 881 out of 1,861. Before her are Chaudhry Muhammad Ali (1905), Buddhadeb Dasgupta (1944), Mahendra Kapoor (1934), Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916), Annapurna Devi (1927), and Nitin Gadkari (1957). After her are Krishan Kant (1927), Sugata Mitra (1952), Mah Laqa Bai (1768), Simon Pimenta (1920), Fareed Zakaria (1964), and Norman Pritchard (1877).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Gita Mehta ranks 118. Before her are Gurdial Singh (1933), Bano Qudsia (1928), Ravindra Kelekar (1925), Vikram Seth (1952), Varsha Adalja (1940), and Buddhadeb Dasgupta (1944). After her are Mah Laqa Bai (1768), Fareed Zakaria (1964), Nabaneeta Dev Sen (1938), Kaifi Azmi (1919), Rahat Indori (1950), and Rohinton Mistry (1952).

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