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'''Sara Banerji''' (née '''Mostyn''') (born 6 June 1932) is a British author, artist and sculptor. She was born in England, but lived in [[Southern Rhodesia]] and then in India for many years. She now lives in [[Oxford]] with her family.

==Biography==
Banerji was born in 1932, one of the children of Anita Mostyn, a novelist who wrote in the 1950s under the pen name Anne Mary Fielding, and Sir Basil Mostyn, the [[Mostyn Baronets|13th Baronet of Mostyn]], in [[Stoke Poges]], [[Buckinghamshire]], in England. One of her ancestors is [[Henry Fielding]].

In 1939, when Banerji was seven, [[World War II]] began, and she was [[Evacuations of civilians in Britain during World War II|evacuated]] to various large and old country mansions. Her father, Basil Mostyn, fought in the war.

After the war was over, Banerji emigrated with her family to [[Southern Rhodesia]], where her father grew tobacco. The family lived in a single mud [[rondavel]] with no electricity or running water.

Banerji later travelled around [[Europe]]. She worked as an [[au pair]] and also attended art school in [[Austria]]. She has also worked as an artist, and has held exhibitions of her oil paintings in India. She also taught riding whilst in India, and has been a jockey. She is also a sculptor, and has previously been a waitress.

Banerji worked in a coffee house in Oxford, where she met her future husband, Ranjit Banerji, who was an undergraduate from India. He was a customer in the coffee house. They married and moved to India, where they lived for 17 years. Banerji attempted to run a dairy farm, but was defeated by seasons of heavy rain.

The Banerji family returned to England in 1973. Ranjit and Sara had [[£]]5 each, giving the family a total of £10. Banerji borrowed money, bought some ponies at [[auction]] and gave riding lessons. A while later, she started a gardening business in [[Sussex]].

Banerji and her husband now live in [[Oxford]], where she teaches writing in the [[Oxford University Department for Continuing Education]]. They practise [[Transcendental Meditation technique|meditation]] and [[yogic flying]] every day. They have three daughters and five grandchildren. Banerji holds frequent exhibitions of her work.

==Bibliography==
*''Cobwebwalking'' (1986)
*''The Wedding of Jayanthi Mandel'' (1987)
*''The Tea Planter's Daughter'' (1988)
*''Shining Agnes'' (1991)
*''Absolute Hush'' (1991)
*''Writing on Skin'' (1993)
*''Shining Hero'' (2002)
*''The Waiting Time'' (2006)
*''Blood Precious'' (2007)

==References==
*[http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3ABanerji%2C+Sara&dblist=638&fq=dt%3Abks+%3E+ap%3A%22banerji%2C+sara%22&qt=facet_ap%3A WorldCat author page]
*[http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=BIC1&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&mode=view&displayGroupName=Reference&limiter=&currPage=&disableHighlighting=false&displayGroups=&sortBy=&search_within_results=&p=BIC1&action=e&catId=&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CH1000004907&source=Bookmark&u=larg35518&jsid=48fd063d0439e80f0bc12be2f6a4c03d "Sara Banerji." Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale, 2001. Biography in Context. Web. 17 Jan. 2014. Gale Document Number: GALE|H1000004907]
* [http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/sara-banerji/ Profile at FantasticFiction]
* [http://www.transita.co.uk/author_sara_banerji.htm Profile at Transita]
*[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/10/18/books/the-collapse-of-fairyland.html The Collapse of Fairyland. ROBB FORMAN DEW. ''The New York Times''. 18 October 1987. 18 January 2014]
*[http://www.erasingclouds.com/wk2305banerji.html anna battista Book Review: Sara Banerji's The Waiting Time 18 January 2014]
*[http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/book-review-sara-banerji-writing-on-skin/1/293571.html Indian exotica. Madhu Jain. India Today. 18 January 2014]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040710113449/http://www.hindu.com/lr/2004/07/04/stories/2004070400140400.htm The Hindu. Review of ''Shining Hero''. 18 January 2014]

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