Anupam Debashis Roy is a

Bangladeshi columnist, author and activist.

He is currently an editor of the magazine Muktipotro and the co-founder of Muktiforum, a platform for writers, artists and activists dedicated to building a liberal, pluralist and pro-people society. He is most known for his columns, videos and political activism against authoritarianism in Bangladesh and abroad. He is currently a doctoral candidate in Sociology at the University of Oxford. He has previously worked as an editorial assistant at The Daily Star, sub-editor at Dhaka Tribute, Communications Specialist at BRAC, Consultant at Amnesty International and Research Consultant at BLAST. He is also a regular contributor to Himal Southasian.

Anupam is also the author of storybook Sontan (The Offspring), Opraproboyoskota (Non-adulthood), a book of poems, School Maane Addakhana (School means Leisure–Nonfiction), Not All Springs End Winter (Nonfiction), Smriti Ebong Somadhi (Memories and the Grave–Storybook), and Abbaya (The Unvanquished–Novel). Aside from being an author and activist, Anupam is also known for his satirical political videos published on YouTube and Facebook.

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