Facts:   - notableworks: '' river sutra '' -lrb- 1993 -rrb- karma cola '' -lrb- 1979 -rrb- '' a      - birth date: 1943    - name: gita mehta    - nationality: indian    - birth place: delhi , india    - alma mater: university of cambridge , united kingdom    - occupation: author/documentary filmmaker/journalist   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of gita mehta .
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gita mehta -lrb- born in 1943 -rrb- is an indian writer and was born in delhi in a well-known odia family .she is the daughter of biju patnaik , an indian independence activist and a chief minister in post-independence odisha , then known as `` orissa '' .her younger brother naveen patnaik has been the chief minister of odisha since 2000 .she completed her education in india and at the university of cambridge , united kingdom .she has produced and/or directed 14 television documentaries for uk , european and us networks .during the years 1970-1971 she was a television war correspondent for the us television network nbc .her film compilation of the bangladesh revolution , dateline bangladesh , was shown in cinema theatres both in india and abroad .although being the wife of sonny mehta , head of the alfred a. knopf publishing house , keeps her in the publishing limelight , she has emerged a writer in her own right .her books have been translated into 21 languages and been on the bestseller lists in europe , the us and india .the subject of both her fiction and non-fiction is exclusively focused on india : its culture and history , and the western perception of it .her works reflect the insight gained through her journalistic and political background .gita mehta divides her time between new york , london and new delhi .