{"id":281,"name":"Kaustav Bakshi and Arnab Adak","url":"","description":"Kaustav Bakshi, specialising in postcolonial studies, gender and sexuality and popular culture, teaches at the Department of English, Jadavpur University. He has published in international journals such as Postcolonial Text, South Asian History and Culture, South Asian Review, New Cinema: Journal of Contemporary Film, etc. His latest published book is Rituparno Ghosh: Cinema, Gender, Art (Routledge, 2015), the first ever anthology showcasing original research papers on India\u2019s most celebrated queer filmmaker. He is currently working on a volume on Queer Studies with Orient Blackswan and a co-edited anthology, Popular Cinema in Bengal: Stardom, Genre, Public Culture with Routledge. \r\nArnab Adak is a photographer living in Kolkata, India, working on socio- documentary projects. The primary focus of his photography is to delineate various cultural, social and environmental concerns that need attention and raise awareness among the masses. His works cover gender issues, climate issues, caste issues and religious or social events that impose threat to humanity in the social platform.\u00a0 He has studied mathematics and computer applications and is currently associated with a management consulting firm professionally.\r\nHis works can be viewed at:\u00a0https:\/\/www.arnabadak.com","link":"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/author\/kaustav-bakshi-and-arnab-adak\/","slug":"kaustav-bakshi-and-arnab-adak","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d73b7904a0c6ef08ad6061888e918858a756706f5644b835fa1e0e22d6082be9?s=24&d=blank&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d73b7904a0c6ef08ad6061888e918858a756706f5644b835fa1e0e22d6082be9?s=48&d=blank&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d73b7904a0c6ef08ad6061888e918858a756706f5644b835fa1e0e22d6082be9?s=96&d=blank&r=g"},"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users"}]}}