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Arnab Ray

Indian novelist, blogger and podcaster

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Indian novelist, blogger and podcaster

Field	Value
name	Arnab Ray
pseudonym	Greatbong
occupation	{{flatlist
nationality	Indian
website
birth_place	Kolkata, India
caption	Arnab Ray at an event hosted by HarperCollins India and Crossword for his first book
language	English
years_active	2004–present
genre	Satire
Horror
Crime-thriller
Drama
notableworks	The Greatbong Blog
May I Hebb Your Attention Pliss
The Mine
education	BE, Jadavpur University
PhD, Stony Brook University

Research scientist
blogger
novelist Horror Crime-thriller Drama May I Hebb Your Attention Pliss The Mine PhD, Stony Brook University Arnab Ray is an Indian novelist, blogger, podcaster who currently lives in the United States. While finishing his PhD at Stony Brook University, he started his blog with the name Random Thoughts of a Demented Mind, in August 2004, using Greatbong (bong is an Indian slang for Bengali) as his pen name. The blog focuses on satirical social and political commentary.

Ray embarked on his writing career with May I Hebb Your Attention Pliss, a non-fiction book that came out in 2010, and contained much of the commentary that Ray was known for by then through his blog. This was followed by The Mine, a psychological horror novel that came out in 2012, followed by books in the drama and crime-thriller genres. His last novel The Mahabharata Murders was adapted as a web series Mahabharat Murders on the Bengali OTT platform Hoichoi.

In 2019, Ray renamed his blog as The Greatbong Blog and started a podcast called Attention Pliss!.

Career

Ray was born and brought up in Kolkata. His father Alok Ray is an ex-professor of IIM Calcutta. He graduated from Jadavpur University as a Bachelor in Computer Science and Engineering and went on to finish his PhD in Computer Science from State University of New York at Stony Brook.

He is known for his sarcastic takes on the Indian film industry, Indian politics and society in general. His blog, then called Random Thoughts of a Demented Mind, was awarded the "Indiblog of the Year" at Indibloggies in 2006 and 2008. He has written for several media outlets such as *The Washington Post'''', Outlook magazine and *Live Mint''.

He is an agnostic with moderate political beliefs as he has written about in his many blog posts. His first book May I Hebb Your Attention Pliss, published by HarperCollins, was on *India Today'''s Bestsellers list. His second book, The Mine, has also been well received. His third book, *Yatrik '' was published in September 2014.

His fourth book Sultan of Delhi: Ascension, first of a two-part crime-drama, was released in October 2016. It is being adapted as a web series Sultan of Delhi on the OTT platform Disney+ Hotstar, directed by Milan Luthria, starring Tahir Raj Bhasin, Mouni Roy, Vinay Pathak, and others.

The print version of fifth book The Mahabharata Murders, published by Juggernaut Books was released in August 2017, even as the e-version of the book was released through the publisher's app in India. It was adapted as a web series Mahabharat Murders on the Bengali OTT platform Hoichoi.

Novels

May I Hebb Your Attention Pliss, HarperCollins, 2010
The Mine, Westland (Amazon), 2012
Yatrik, Westland, 2014
Sultan of Delhi: Ascension, Hachette India, 2016
The Mahabharata Murders, Juggernaut Books*, 2017*
Shakchunni, Hachette India, 2024

References

Basu, Dyuti. (2017-08-07). "Meet internet's funniest Bengali".
greatbong. (2004-08-20). "Start of a new life".
Varma, Nikhil. (2014-10-05). "Back from the dead". The Hindu.
Dutta, Nirmalya. (2016-11-07). "Book Review: Arnab Ray's Sultan of Delhi is a desi Godfather-style thriller".
(2022-05-08). "Mahabharat Murders - Trailer".
(2022-05-08). "Hoichoi's new content slate promises lots to explore".
(2019-09-15). "On the Podcasting couch...".
Venkataramakrishnan, Rohan. (24 March 2019). "Podcast picks: These shows will guide you through India's hectic election season".
"Attention Pliss! with Arnab Ray on Apple Podcasts".
"arnabray".
(2007-02-22). "The 2006 Winners are here | Indibloggies - The Indian Weblog Awards | Indian Blog Awards". Indibloggies.
"Results | Indibloggies - The Indian Weblog Awards | Indian Blog Awards". Indibloggies.
(18 November 2007). "The Spider". The Washington Post.
"Acidwash Adonis | Arnab Ray". Outlookindia.com.
(2009-05-22). "IPL2: Hits, ifs and misses". Livemint.
"Arnab Ray". Facebook.
(2011-07-24). "The Question of Suffering « Random Thoughts of a Demented Mind". Greatbong.net.
(1 May 2010). "Bestsellers for April 2010". India Today.
(2023-09-22). "'Sultan of Delhi' trailer showcases power struggle amid high stakes". The TImes of India.
Agarwal, Anirban Sen, Sapna. (2016-10-28). "Amazon to buy publishing business of Tata-owned Westland".

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