Ved Parkash Mehta (21 March 1934 – 9 January 2021) was an Indian-born writer who lived and worked mainly in the United States. Blind from an early age, Mehta is best known for an autobiography published in installments from 1972 to 2004. …

Jan 10, 2021 · Ved Mehta, a longtime writer for The New Yorker whose best-known work, spanning a dozen volumes, explored the vast, turbulent history of modern India through the intimate lens of his own...

Jan 10, 2021 · Ved Mehta, a writer for The New Yorker for more than thirty years, died at the age of eighty-six, on Saturday morning. Born in Lahore to a well-off Punjabi family, he lost his sight when he was...

Ved Mehta, a longtime writer for The New Yorker whose best-known work, spanning a dozen volumes, explored the vast, turbulent history of modern India through the intimate lens of his own autobiography, died on Saturday at his home in Manhattan.

Oct 7, 2024 · In 1947, his family, along with millions of other Hindu refugees, was forced by sectarian violence to leave Lahore when the city became part of Pakistan, and resettle in a new India.

Jan 11, 2021 · Ved Mehta, an author and journalist who helped introduce Americans to Indian history and culture, most notably in an epic 12-volume autobiography that melded the personal …

Mar 9, 2025 · Ved Mehta was a renowned journalist and author known for vividly chronicling his life experiences and the diverse cultures he navigated. Born in Lahore in 1934 into a well-educated Hindu family, Mehta lost his eyesight at the age of four due to meningitis.

Jan 11, 2021 · Ved Mehta, a pre-Independent Indian writer who was blind, died at the age of 86 at New York. Tributes poured in for the writer born in Lahore. He was widely considered the 20th century...

Ved Mehta, a prolific American writer and famous blind scholar, passed away on January 9th, 2021 at his residence in Manhattan, N.Y. He was 86. Mehta was born in the city of Lahore, formerly British India, on March 21, 1934.

Jan 11, 2021 · Celebrated Indian-American novelist Ved Mehta, who overcame blindness and became widely known as the 20th-century writer most responsible for introducing American readers to India, has died at...