A River Sutra, by Gita Mehta
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Gita Mehta’s 1994 novel, A River Sutra is in many ways a less political, more religion-focused cousin to Salman Rushdie’s Modern Classic Midnight’s Children. Both explore the mind-blowing diversity that exists in present-day India through a magical realist lens, but while Rushdie’s landmark novel is anti-imperialist and politically-charged, Mehta’s unassuming novel describes India’s religious diversity in a collection of short stories that are all connected with a common thread of quietly intense spiritual yearning.