She explored the country’s history and culture in five novels and nonfiction books, including “Karma Cola” and “Snakes and Ladders.”
The cause was complications of a stroke, according to her son, Aditya Mehta, who confirmed the death through Nicholas Latimer, the head of publicity at Alfred A. Knopf. Ms. Mehta’s husband, Sonny Mehta, was the publishing house’s longtime editor in chief beforeThe daughter of an Indian aviator and daredevil freedom fighter, Ms.
Ms. Mehta traced her love of literature to her childhood in the streets of Delhi, surrounded by booksellers hawking Mad magazine alongside books by Plato and Dickens: Ms. Mehta received a degree from the University of Cambridge, where she was part of a literary circle that included Germaine Greer,and Ajai Singh Mehta, known as Sonny, whom she married in 1965. His work as an editor, at British paperback houses and later at Knopf, initially generated resentment, as Ms. Mehta said she felt like “an exile,” far from India and at times far from her husband. Her proximity to prizewinning writers was a mixed blessing, she told Publishers Weekly.
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