Who This Author Is

Ved Mehta has enough depth here to be more than a raw catalog rollup. This page pulls together 16 catalog-linked books across 1970 to 1999, which makes it easier to separate the strongest starting points from the noisier editions. The clearest lane here leans toward Backlist browsing.

Best for readers who want a dependable place to start before opening the full catalog list. If you want the easiest first click, start with Rajiv Gandhi and Rama's Kingdom and branch outward from there. UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1970 to 1999; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Yale Univ Pr and Penguin Books.

Best Place To Start

Rajiv Gandhi and Rama's Kingdom

Yale Univ Pr • 1994 • standard commitment

It stands out because it asks for less time than many of the longer volumes on this page.

Author At A Glance

Best known for: Backlist browsing entry points • common used copies from Yale Univ Pr and Penguin Books

Genres and themes: Backlist browsing

Who this author is best for: readers who want a dependable place to start before opening the full catalog list

UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1970 to 1999; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Yale Univ Pr and Penguin Books.

Top Books To Start With

  1. Rajiv Gandhi and Rama's Kingdom

    Yale Univ Pr • 1994 • standard commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1994 • 194 pages.

  2. Remembering Mr. Shawn's New Yorker: The Invisible Art of Editing (Mehta, Ved, Continents of Exile.)

    Penguin Group USA • 1999 • longer commitment

    It helps anchor a specific period of this author’s publishing run instead of blending into the undated shelf clutter.

  3. Remembering Mr. Shawn's New Yorker: The Invisible Art of Editing

    Penguin Group USA • 1998 • longer commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1998 • 414 pages.

  4. Vedi

    W W Norton & Co Inc • 1987 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1987 • 258 pages.

  5. VEDI (PICADOR BOOKS)

    PICADOR • 1985 • quick commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1985 • 160 pages.

  6. DADDYJI & MAMAJI

    PIcador • 1984 • longer commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1984 • 352 pages.

  7. Mahatma Gandhi and his apostles

    Penguin Books • 1977 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1977 • 260 pages.

  8. John is easy to please;: Encounters with the written and the spoken word

    Farrar, Straus & Giroux • 1971 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1971 • 241 pages.

  9. Face to Face

    Penguin Putnam~trade • 1970 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1970 • 304 pages.

  10. The Letters

    Penguin Books • standard commitment

    readers who want a faster first book

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