Sara Banerji

Sara Banerji (née Mostyn; 6 June 1932 – 2 November 2025) was a British author, artist and sculptor. She was born in England, but lived in Southern Rhodesia and then in India for many years. She later lived in Oxford with her family.

Early life Banerji was born on 6 June 1932, eldest of four children (two sons, two daughters) of Sir Basil Mostyn, 13th Baronet, and Anita Mary, daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Rowland Charles Feilding, of the Coldstream Guards. Anita Mostyn was a novelist, writing as Anne Mary Fielding (sic) in the 1950s. She was a great-granddaughter of the Basil Feilding, 7th Earl of Denbigh, a courtier; one of her relatives was Henry Fielding, whose grand-uncle was the 3rd Earl of Denbigh (note: the family surname varied in spelling).

In 1939, when Banerji was seven, World War II began, and she was evacuated to various large and old country mansions. Her father, Basil Mostyn, fought in the war, becoming a lieutenant in the Royal Army Service Corps.

After the war was over, Banerji emigrated with her family to Southern Rhodesia, practised meditation and yogic flying every day. Banerji frequently held exhibitions of her work.

Banerji died on 2 November 2025, at the age of 93.

Personal life On 4 March 1957, she married Ranjit Banerji. They had three daughters and five grandchildren.