Asha, Bina, Chitra, Deena, Ena, Fita, Gita, and Hema are sitting around a…

Concept

In a circular seating puzzle where everyone faces the centre, “X is nth to the right of Y” is measured along a person's own right hand, which — viewed from above, the way such arrangements are usually drawn — runs in the counter-clockwise direction round the table. “How many people sit between A and B in a stated direction” means counting every seat strictly along that direction from A until B is reached, not the shorter way round.

Application

Fix Fita's seat and apply each clue as a step, always moving counter-clockwise (bird's-eye) for “right”, checking that every alternative placement is actually ruled out (not merely that one placement works):

1. Gita is 3rd to the right of Fita, so Gita sits three seats counter-clockwise from Fita.

2. Hema is not next to Fita or Gita, which leaves only two candidate seats for Hema; one of those candidates would force Asha (2nd to the right of Hema) onto Fita's own seat — a contradiction — so Hema's seat is uniquely fixed to the other candidate.

3. Asha is 2nd to the right of Hema, which now fixes Asha's seat from the seat settled in the previous step.

4. Bina is 3rd to the right of Chitra, and Chitra is not next to Gita, which leaves only two candidate seats for Chitra; one of those candidates leaves no valid seat left for Deena (every remaining seat would then sit Deena next to Hema or Chitra) — so this Chitra-Bina placement is the only one that survives.

5. Deena is not next to Hema or Chitra, which places Deena in the one seat left, next to Gita and Bina.

6. Ena takes the only seat that remains, next to Hema and Gita.

Reading clockwise from Asha, the eight seats in order are:

Result

Starting at Bina and moving counter-clockwise (Bina → Deena → Gita → Ena), two people — Deena and Gita — sit between Bina and Ena, confirming the saved answer of 2.

Cross-check

Every clue holds against this seating: Hema is not adjacent to Fita or Gita; Chitra is not adjacent to Gita; and Deena is not adjacent to Hema or Chitra — confirming the arrangement is unique and consistent.