Queen Victoria And Her Indian Servent - Shrabani Basu's book Victoria and Abdul takes us into a world of untamed ambition, petty human emotions and fall from grace that leaves a broken heart. Shrabani weaves the last ten years of Queen Victoria and her relationship with Abdul Karim, her Indian secretary (also called Munshi) with brisk yet detailed narration. The detailed research that Shrabani Basu did for this book both in Britain and in Agra.