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Shrabani Basu is an Indian journalist and historian, best known for writing Spy Princess (2006), an account of the life of Noor Inayat Khan, and Victoria & Abdul (2010), based on the friendship between Queen Victoria and Abdul Karim. She later compiled the stories of Indian men sent to Europe in the First World War, in For King and Another ...
Biography. Shrabani was born in Calcutta and grew up in Dhaka, Kathmandu and Delhi. She graduated in History from St Stephen’s College, Delhi and completed her Masters from Delhi University. In 1983 she began her career as a trainee journalist in the bustling offices of The Times of India in Mumbai. She moved to London in 1987, and has since ...
Victoria & Abdul: The True Story of the Queen's Closest Confidant is a book about Queen Victoria and her Munshi Abdul Karim, researched and written by Shrabani Basu, published by The History Press in 2010, and adapted to produce the feature film Victoria & Abdul in 2017. Synopsis.
Victoria & Abdul is a 2017 British biographical historical drama film directed by Stephen Frears and written by Lee Hall. The film is based on the book Victoria & Abdul: The True Story of the Queen's Closest Confidant by Shrabani Basu , about the real-life relationship between Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and her Indian Muslim servant ...
Shrabani is a frequent commentator on Indian history and Empire on British television and radio and has appeared in several documentaries on BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5.
Sep 25, 2017 · Author Shrabani Basu on how she discovered the Munshi's 'missing' journals in Pakistan. The author of the book behind the movie on a story nearly erased from history
Curry in the Crown: The Story of Britain's Favourite Dish is a book written by Shrabani Basu. It was originally published in India in 1999, and later published in the United Kingdom under the title Curry: The Story of the Nation's Favourite Dish. The book discusses how Indian food became a million dollar business in the United Kingdom.
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