In karma cola the acclaimed novelist trains an unblinking journalistic eye on jaded sadhus and beatific acid burnouts, the bhagwan and allen ginsberg, guilttripping english girls and a guru who teaches gullible tourists how to view their previous incarnations. Beginning in the late 60s, hundreds of thousands of westerners descended upon india, disciples of a cultural revolution. Gita mehtas works gita mehtas previous works karma cola 1979 and raj 1989 focus on the interactions between india and the western world. The sacred, the prophane, and the sublime in karma cola. Outside on a chilly march day, park avenue traffic is at its midafternoon worst, and the chatter of kids exiting from a school next door nearly drowns out the honking horns and screeching brakes. Gita mehta s fine novel, raj, accurately documents and compellingly dramatizes the maelstrom of allegiances and conflicting loyalties that beset the hindu, muslim and sikh rulers of princely india. Her books have been translated into twentysix languages and have appeared on many international bestseller lists. Karma cola 1979 a river sutra 1993 eternal ganesha 2006 spouse. She gets romantic and passes no judgement on the occult. Mehtas anecdotes are metonyms within metonyms, fashioned out of poetic free verse. Karma cola isbn 9780679754336 pdf epub gita mehta ebook. It can be a product of the authors mind, but it seems as if shes recounting real facts. Karma cola by gita mehta a wry account, by an indian, of the quest for spiritual enlightenment that caused many people from the consumer societies of the west to go to india and seek fulfiment in the teachings and practices of hinduism. If gita mehta s book karma cola does not herald in a new era in indian writing and journalism, it will not be the first boat our literary scene has missed.
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Mehta, 76, will be awarded the padma shri in the field of literature and education, the centre had announced on friday. When gita mehta was five years old, she saw her first dead body. Read karma cola marketing the mystic east by gita mehta available from rakuten kobo. Mehta divides her time between new york city, london and new delhi. Accessories such as cd, codes, toys, and dust jackets may not be. Brilliantly irreverent, karma cola displays gita mehta s gift for weaving old and new, common and bizarre, history and current events into a seamless and colorful narrative that is. Karma cola ebook por gita mehta 9780307814630 rakuten kobo. Gita mehta pdf epub download cause of you download. Gita mehta is the author of two previous books, karma cola and raj. In doing so, she also reveals the devastating byproducts that the westerners brought to the villages of rural lndia high anxiety and drug addiction among them. Pdf the yoga of snakes and ladders download full pdf book.
She is the first of the indian writers to beat the british at their own game. Odisha cm naveen patnaiks sister, writer gita mehta turns. A river sutra is a lyrical series of interlocking stories that transport the reader to a contemporary india that is a magical blend of reality and myth. Her first novel raj, published in 1989, is a thorough and colorful historical story that follows the progression of a young woman born into. It shows that india, like any other country, is made up of people. Tracing the life of an indian princess from 1897 queen victorias diamond jubilee to partition and independence in 1947, mehta nonfiction. Karma cola gita mehta ph d program in literature and. Publication date 1993 topics visitors, foreign, gurus, gurus, travel, visitors, foreign, religion, religion. Shed been playing with her brother on a cold january afternoon when the news came over that the mahatma had been. Lee karma cola marketing the mystic east por gita mehta disponible en rakuten kobo.
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Born in delhi in 1943 gita mehta was from a rich family who were directly involved in the indian independence movement. After mehta s birth, her father was imprisoned for his political activity. Karma cola is a documentary satire while raj is a work of historical fiction. Marketing the mystic east 1979, raj 1989, river sutra 1993, snakes and. Now, as never before, the world wants to know what contemporary india is all about. An exploration of narrative technique in gita mehtas a river. Marketing the mystic east published in 1979 and this first book is a series of interconnected essays weaving mehtas impressions of indias mysticism. Biju patnaik who was one of the famous indian freedom fighter and later became the major political leader of the eastern state of orissa was his father. Gita and sonny mehta s apartment is an oasis of tranquility in midtown manhattan. Gita says, look, why shouldnt indians make free with the language. The following entry presents an overview of mehta s career through 2001.
Her books have been translated into thirteen languages and published in twentyseven countries. The root of the trouble may be that mehta herself doesnt know where she stands. The story begins in the late 60s, when hundreds of thousands of westerners descended upon india, disciples of a cultural revolution that proclaimed that the magic and mystery missing from their lives was to be found in the east. Pdf one of the indian women writer gita mehta was born in 1943, in newdelhi, india. Gita mehta was born in new delhi, india in 1943 to parents who were very involved in the movement for indian independence. Pages contain marginal notes, underlining, and or highlighting. Karma cola by gita mehta overdrive rakuten overdrive.
In fact, it would seem that the author accepts some of the supernatural explanations. Pubmed is a thirdparty website with no affiliation with cleveland clinic. A westwardlooking indian cambridgeeducated, mehta views young spiritual seekers with a combination of amusement and dismay. Find a library or download libby an app by overdrive. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Gita mehta karma cola marketing the mystic east world of. Hearing her response, someone urged her to write about her ideas on the subject, and after only three weeks of work, mehta had completed karma cola. Buy karma cola book online at low prices in india karma. Possible ex library copy, with all the markingsstickers of that library. Download pdf karma cola free online new books in politics. Karma cola, which is not very big, can be easily picked up at any place, and has chapters devoted to various types of experience. May 12, 2019 karma cola marketing the mystic east gita mehta 9780679754336 books download as pdf.
I was approached by penguin books india to illustrate the front covers of a series of books written by author, gita mehta. In addition to her books, karma cola, raj, a river sutra, snakes and ladders and eternal ganesha, gita mehta has written articles for a number of indian, european and american magazines, and filmed documentaries for european and american television. Karma cola marketing the mystic east by gita mehta. Marketing the mystic east reprint edition by gita mehta paperback, 208 pages, published 1994. Pdf spiritual values in eternal ganesha by gita mehta. Karma cola marketing the mystic east gita mehta 9780. Karma cola by gita mehta this book is kinda cynical which makes it a bit interesting. If gita mehtas book karma cola does not herald in a new era in indian.
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