by Gita Mehta · Circulo De Lectores · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422675891
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Raj is a historical novel by Gita Mehta that tells the story of Jaya Singh, an Indian princess educated according to her rank in a period of profound cultural and political changes in India in the 1920s. The work describes Jaya's struggle to discover her identity and destiny in a world divided between ancient traditions and unstoppable modernity, exploring themes of identity, tradition and change in the context of the British Raj.
Gita Mehta 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. Her works described aspects of life in India and were intended to interpret the country for a largely western audience.
