Fulkumari: The Tale of a Refugee and a Rat in Pandemic Paris

PINAKI BHATTACHARYA is Bangladeshi physician, author, activist, and public intellectual based in Paris, France. His nineteen previous books span a broad range of topics from the history of Bangladesh to the philosophy of René Descartes and the poetry of Rabindranath Tagore. Since 2019, when he had to leave Bangladesh due to his human rights activism, Pinaki's online commentary on Bangladeshi current affairs has attracted a following of millions. Through his social media channels, Pinaki played a crucial role in mobilising the July-August Revolution of 2024 which toppled the fascist regime that had ruled Bangladesh for more than a decade.

DAVID SELIM SAYERS is a scholar of Turkey and the Ottoman Empire with a focus on history and literature.