Talk:Shrabani Basu

A fact from Shrabani Basu appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 24 May 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Indian writer Shrabani Basu learned about the relationship between Abdul Karim and Queen Victoria while researching the history of curry?

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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by MeegsC (talk) 16:41, 16 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

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... that Indian writer Shrabani Basu discovered the relationship between Abdul Karim and Queen Victoria while researching the history of curry?
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Reviewed: Kid Canfield
Comment: Second link can be changed to the book when that article is created

Created by Whispyhistory (talk) and Philafrenzy (talk). Nominated by Philafrenzy (talk) at 19:11, 10 May 2021 (UTC).Reply

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

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So pleased this biography has been made - good article & a great hook! Lajmmoore (talk) 17:37, 14 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

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