Eminent author and Odisha CM’s sister Gita Mehta passes away

<span;><span;><span;>Eminent author and daughter of legendary leader Biju Patnaik Gita Mehta passed away in Delhi on Saturday. She was 80.

<span;>Gita is the elder sister of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. She had married renowned American publisher Sonny Mehta, who died in December 2019.

<span;>Born in 1943 to Biju and Gyan Patnaik in Delhi, Gita had her education in India and University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. She had penned several books including Karma Cola, Snakes and Ladders, A River Sutra, Raj and The Eternal Ganesha.