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Diksha Basu

 Diksha Basu is an Indian American writer and actor.She is the author of the critically acclaimed novel The Windfall which is under adaptation for a television series by Shonali Bose.Diksha Basu was born in Delhi,to the sociologist Alaka Malwade Basu and economist Kaushik Basu,who later became the Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India and then the Chief Economist at the World Bank.She grew up in Delhi during the 1990s till the age of 10.She moved to Ithaca, New York in 1994,as a teenager with her family.Basu states that after moving to upstate New York, she would keep visiting Delhi every 4 to 6 months.She eventually graduated from the University of Cornell with a Bachelor of Arts in economics,and in the French language as part of a double major.

Books by Diksha Basu

  • Opening Night
  • The Windfall
  • Destination Wedding


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