Early Life
Basu was born in December 1953 in New York. Her parents, Rasil and Romen Basu, were both members of the United Nations secretariat in New York. Her mother worked for the branch on women, and is credited for having introduced Amrita to feminism. Basu spent her childhood outside of the U. S., in Egypt, Libya, Thailand, and India. She returned to New York for high school.
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