Santha Rama Rau was born in Madras, India, and is the daughter of a distinguished Indian diplomat, Benegal Rama Rau. As a child she went to school in England, and later lived in South Africa, the United States, and Japan. A graduate of Wellesley, she is an internationally known author. In 1956 she adapted E. M. Forester's *A Passage to India* for successful runs on the stage in London and New York.

The cooking of India
1969
ISBN 9780809400973
The Kama Sutra of Vatsayana: The Classic Hindu Treatise on Love and Social Conduct
ISBN 9781101172124
A passage to India
1960
ISBN 9780573013324
The adventuress
1970
ISBN 9780718108564
Passagem para a Índia
2012
ISBN 9789728886202
Great Short Stories of the World
1974
ISBN 9780895770080These simple things : some appreciations of the small joys in daily life from House & Garden