Syllabus: GS-1/Art and Culture, Personalities in News
Context
- Recently, Gita Mehta, a renowned writer-filmmaker passed away.
About Gita Mehta
- She was a writer, journalist and filmmaker of both Indian and American heritage.
- She was engaged in documentary filmmaking, with focus on various wars and conflicts.
- One of her significant contributions was her coverage of the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.
Books Published
- ‘Karma Cola’, ‘Snake and Ladders’, ‘A River Sutra’, ‘Raj’ and ‘The Eternal Ganesha’.
Awards Honored
- She was conferred India’s fourth highest civilian honour, the Padma Shri, in the field of literature and education in 2019, she had declined the award.
Source: Live Mint
