Contribution of Gita Mehta
Gita Mehta is a journalist, film-maker as well as contemporary writer of Indian Writing in English. Her novels mainly focus on Indian Culture and heritage. Her works take up matters and issues that reflect the religious, economic, socio-political conditions of India. Gita Mehta's books are smart investigation the ideas, people, history and personalities that have determined what has shaped modern India. Her famous novels are "Raj", "A River Sutra", "Discontent". These three novels are powerful critiques on modern life exposing the shallowness of the spiritual, political and secular modes of living. Her themes is mainly focused on religious, economic and political conditions of India. Her first novel " A River Sutra " is centered on Narmada, a holy river and deals with Indian ethology, philosophy and artistic tradition. This novel connects six stories such as The Monk's Story, The Teacher's Story, The Executive's Story, The Cour...