Dita Basu

Dita Basu

Anindita (Dita) Basu is a Bengali-American writer whose fiction explores women’s lives, migration, memory, and the complicated meaning of home. She is the author of Shadow Birds and Dreamcatcher and also writes and publishes in Bengali. Based in Northern California, she is a member of the California Writers Club. When she isn’t writing, Dita loves traveling, gardening, making jewelry, and filling stray pieces of paper with doodles and sketches. 

How do I make time to write? 

Grab every opportunity to scribble — some in my phone note pad though I like to write in long hand - my first draft. 

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Dreamcatcher: Story of an Immigrant Bride from India

Are dreams only for husbands?  

Dreamcatcher is a woman’s immigrant journey in America during the nineties—one that opens her to a new world where a larger-than-life call awaits. 

Dreamcatcher: Story of an Immigrant Bride from India

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Why write Dreamcatcher

Why did I write this story -- Dreamcatcher: Story of an Immigrant Bride from India?


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