Karma Cola is a non-fiction book about India written by Gita Mehta originally published in 1979 by Simon & Schuster.
Subject matter
The story begins in the late 1960s, when hundreds of thousands of Westerners descended upon India, disciples of a cultural revolution that proclaimed that the magic and mystery missing from their lives was to be found in the East. An Indian writer who has also lived in England and the United States, Gita Mehta observed the spectacle of European and American "pilgrims" interacting with their hosts, and recorded her observations in Karma Cola. It describes the traditions of an ancient and long-lived society being turned into commodities and sold to those who do not understand them.
Editions Reprints include: Year Publisher Pages ISBN 1980 Jonathan Cape 201 9780224017749 1981 Collins 210 9780006360926 1990 Minerva 210 9780749390693 1991 Fawcette Columbine 193 9780449906040 1993 Penguin Books 193 9780140236835 1994 Vintage Books 208 9780679754336 2010 Random House 9781409042648
Translations Czech language: , publishing house Argo, Prague, 1999, translation Ivana Husáková
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