Shrabani Basu graduated in History from St Stephen’s College, Delhi and completed her master’s from Delhi University. In 1983, she began her career as a trainee journalist in the bustling offices of The Times of India in Bombay.
Since 1987, Basu has been the London correspondent of Ananda Bazar Patrika group –writing for “Sunday, Ananda Bazar Patrika, “and “The Telegraph.”
Basu has appeared on radio and TV in the UK and founded the Noor Inayat Khan Memorial Trust for a memorial for the Second World War heroine which was unveiled in 2012. She is the author of “Curry: The Story of the Nation’s Favourite Dish,” “Spy Princess: The Life of Noor Inayat Khan,” and “Victoria & Abdul: The True Story of the Queen’s Closest Confidant.”
Books in order of publication:
Curry: The Story of the Nation’s Favourite Dish – 1999
Spy Princess: The Life Of Noor Inayat Khan – 2006
Re-Imagine: India-UK Cultural Relations in the 21st Century – 2014
For King and Another Country: Indian Soldiers on the Western Front, 1914-18 – 2016
Victoria and Abdul: The True Story of the Queen’s Closest Confidant – 2020
The Mystery of the Parsee Lawyer – 2021
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