Arka Deb

Arka Deb is the editor in chief of inscript.me. He has worked as a senior journalist at CNN-News18, Asianet News and Anandabazar Patrika. His interests include archival projects, particularly on art, culture and current affairs. Recently, Arka was awarded a fellowship by the Nazrul Centre for Social and Cultural Studies, Kazi Nazrul University, Asansol, India, for a project that came to fruition in the form of this book. Arka has authored and edited several books, including Facebook : Mukh o Mukhosh (2021), which he co-authored with renowned journalists Paranjoy Guha Thakurta and Cyril Sam. Kazi Nazrul Islam’s Journalism is a collection of brief essays that illustrates the present state of Indian politics and the machineries behind the spread of misinformation and disinformation through social media for vested interests at the individual, social and governmental levels. His other books are Tushar (2016; 2022), an anthology on the 1970s famous Bengali poet Tushar Roy; Ganikasambad (2020; 2022), a sociocultural depiction of modern Bengali brothels; Kathabarta (2019), a collection of intriguing dialogues between the maestros of Bengali art and culture spanning over the last century; and Ashukhi Somoyer Brittanto (2022), a collection of essays on sociopolitical trends criticising the state apparatus. His work has been appreciated by the Bengali intelligentsia as well as acclaimed by literary critics.