Santha's name was changed to Cynthia
Santha was born the daughter of Sir Benegal Rama Rau,
While Santha's father was a south Indian Saraswat Brahmin from Canara
Santha's name was changed to Cynthia
and her sister's was changed to Pamela.
Santha Rama Rau(24 January 1923-
21 April 2009) was an Indian-born American writer.
Santha's father was a member of the elite and prestigious Indian Civil Service,
Santha was born the daughter of Sir Benegal Rama Rau,
an Indian public servant, and his wife Dhanvanthi Rama Rau, an early advocate of Planned Parenthood.
Santha's father was a member of the elite and prestigious Indian Civil Service,
and he held the longest ever tenure(1949-57) as Governor of the Reserve Bank of India.
While Santha's father was a south Indian Saraswat Brahmin from Canara
whose mother-tongue was Konkani, her mother was a Kashmiri Brahmin from the far north of India, who had however grown up in Hubli, not very far from Canara.