Kazi Nazrul Islam’s journalism : A critique

Aims to resituate Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899 – 1976) in the history of Indian journalism.

Arka Deb is presently the Editor-in-Chief at Inscript.me. In the past, Arka has worked as Senior Journalist at CNN Network 18, Asianet News and Anandabazar Patrika. His interests also include archival projects, particularly pertaining to art, culture and social current affairs. Most recently, Arka was awarded a fellowship from the Nazrul Centre for Social and Cultural Studies (NCSCS), Kazi Nazrul
University, Asansol, India, for a project, which came to fruition in the form of this volume.

In the past, Arka has successfully authored and edited several other books. Recently, he co-authored the book “Facebook: Mukh o Mukhosh” (2021), with renowned journalists Paranjay Guha Thakurta and Cyril Sam. This collection of brief essays illustrates the present scenario of Indian politics and machineries behind the spread of misinformation and disinformation using social media, in order to
achieve personal interests at individual, social and governmental levels. His other achievements include: “Tushar” (2016; 2022), an anthology on famous Bengali poet of the 70s, Tushar Roy; “Ganika Sambad” (2020; 2022), a socio-cultural depiction of modern Bengali brothels; “Kathabarta” (2019), a collection of intriguing dialogues between maestros of the Bengali socio-cultural milieu, spanning over the last century; “Ashukhi Somoyer Brittanto” (2022), a collection of essays on socio-political
trends criticizing state apparatus. His work has been greatly appreciated by the extant Bengali
intelligentsia, as well as acclaimed by literary critics of his time.