Pinaki Bhattacharya (born 15 December 1967) is a Bangladeshi YouTuber, blogger, online activist, and physician known for his vehement criticism of Sheikh Hasina and her

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party-led government. He is living in exile in France since the movement for safe roads in 2018. Pinaki's activism played a crucial role in the ousting of Sheikh Hasina from power.

Early life

Pinaki was born in a Bengali Hindu Brahmin family in 1967. He is the elder son of former Bogra Zilla School teacher and cultural personality Shyamal Bhattacharya. Although he studied medicine, he is currently not involved in this profession. He is in political asylum in France and is doing his PhD there. Pinaki Bhattacharya is best known as a Bangladeshi blogger and social activist. He has become widely discussed and popular for playing an important role in the India out campaign in Bangladesh. He was an adjunct faculty at American International University-Bangladesh.

Education and career

He is a medical professional with an MBBS degree and an MBA from a business school, currently pursuing a PhD. After closing his pharmaceutical business upon leaving the country, he moved into a specialized role in global medical relations. He is currently based in Paris, working as a Global Medical Relations Specialist for L'Oréal, managing medical affairs for five of their skincare brands: La Roche-Posay, Vichy Laboratories, CeraVe, Skinbetter Science, and SkinCeuticals.

Politics

Pinaki was once involved in leftist politics, being a former member of the Communist Party of Bangladesh. He has written 18 books on the history of Bangladeshi politics and various other subjects. Currently, he is a popular online activist, actively posting on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter. He has over 2.1 million subscribers on YouTube and over 700,000 followers on Facebook. He often writes and makes videos on the history of Bangladesh, ongoing politics, human rights issues, and issues of neighboring countries.

Controversies

Pinaki Bhattacharya has been criticizing the Bangladesh Awami League government's corruption, human rights violations, kidnappings, and extrajudicial killings in Bangladesh for a long time in Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and blog posts. His posts and tweets are often critical of Bangladesh's former ruling party, the Awami League. Internationally acclaimed photographer Shahidul Alam was arrested by the police for his participation in the

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. At the same time, military intelligence officers summoned Pinaki to their headquarters in Dhaka. They did not elaborate on why he was summoned. There are instances where military intelligence officers summon dissidents to their offices, many of whom have not been found after meeting with military intelligence. Considering the situation, Pinaki went into hiding without going to meet the intelligence officers. Intelligence officials raided Pinaki's residence and office several times to trace him. They even keep his residence under round-the-clock surveillance. While in hiding, authorities banned him from leaving the country. Pinaki was able to leave the country with the help of friends and reached Bangkok in January 2019. Two months later he reached France and is currently under political asylum there. He is now doing his higher studies at the Sarborn University in Paris. In February 2024, He threatened Bangladeshi actor Mosharraf Karim not to be involved in the promotion of the film Hubba directed by Bratya Basu and Hoichoi or Indian OTT platforms. In May of the same year, he was criticized for spreading

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on the EC's NID wing website showing fees in rupees instead of taka.

Works

* ''Bangladesh Liberation War 1971 in American Documents'' * Independence of North Bangladesh'''' * ''Robi Babur Daktari'' * ''Islam in the War of Liberation'' * ''Bengali communists fallacy on religion and atheism'' * ''Silver Words of Golden Bengal'' * ''Nanaronge Robindranath'' * Chin Katum * ''Discourse on Method: Review of Methods of Knowledge'' * ''The Medical Representative: Finding Success Theory'' * Mon Bhromorer Kajol Pakhay * ''Sixty Eight'' * ''Weather Maker'' * ''Interesting lessons on Indian philosophy'' * ''Liberation war, religion, politics and other topics'' * ''Rabindranath: Onner Aloye Ishyor Atma Karon'' * ''The Dust of History'' * ''The Journey of Thought from Enlightenment to Postmodernism''

References

External links

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Personal website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bhattacharya, Pinaki People from Bogra District Anti-Indian sentiment Bangladeshi activists Bangladeshi bloggers Living people 1967 births Academic staff of the American International University-Bangladesh Bangladeshi YouTubers Expatriates in France