Diksha Basu

Diksha Basu is an American writer and actress. She is the author of the novel The Windfall which is under adaptation for a television series by Shonali Bose.

Early life and education Diksha Basu was born in Delhi, to the sociologist Alaka Malwade Basu and economist Kaushik Basu, She grew up in Delhi during the 1990s till the age of 10. When she was a teenager, she moved to Ithaca, New York 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 Cornell University with a Bachelor of Arts in economics, moved to Mumbai to pursue a career in acting,

Basu joined the Columbia University School of the Arts to attain a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing, from where she graduated in 2014. In the meantime, she married the music producer Mikey McCleary and gave birth to her daughter in 2017. Her second novel The Windfall was also published and launched in the same year, It received positive critical acclaim and was signed in for a deal to be adapted into a television series.

Books

Opening Night (2012) The Windfall (2017) Destination Wedding (2020)

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 2007 Mumbai Calling Call Centre Operator Debut 2011 A Decent Arrangement Amita Chandra 2017 A Million Rivers