Akash Banerjee (born 31 March 1980) is an Indian

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, journalist, radio jockey and political satirist. He is known for his YouTube channel "The Deshbhakt" a satirical show focusing on social, political and environmental issues and his caricature "Bhakt Banerjee". As of September 2024, he has over 4 million regular viewers and over 5 million subscribers, with ''

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'' calling Deshbhakt "one of the biggest YouTube channels in India".

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Initially working in

Radio Mirchi Radio Mirchi ("''Mirchi"'' in Hindi meaning red chilli), also known as 98.3 Mirchi, is a nationwide network of private FM radio stations in India. It is owned by the ENIL, EntertainmentNetwork India Ltd (ENIL), which is one of the subsidiarie ...

and

Times Now Times Now is an English-language news channel in India owned and operated by The Times Group. The channel launched on 23 January 2006 in partnership with Reuters. It is a pay television throughout India. Until 2016, it was India's most popula ...

, Banerjee started working in

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as a senior correspondent covering stories like the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks and the Naxal insurgency. Disillusioned by TV journalism he moved back to Radio Mirchi where he worked till 2018. While working in radio; Banerjee was inspired to start his YouTube channel as a satirical show mixing humour with political commentary. One of Banarjee's popular caricatures is Bhakt Banarjee who is portrayed as a fervid supporter of the BJP government and often berates the opposition and people critical of the government. Bhakt Banarjee is often seen interviewing journalists like

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, politicians and other YouTubers like Dhruv Rathee. He has also authored the book "Tales from Shining India and Sinking India" in 2013 about events that took place in recent India and the inner-workings of broadcast television in India. In a review, the Sunday Guardian described it as "lacking substance" and "self-aggrandizement", while

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described it as a "realistic and detailed account on how broadcast media works in the country".

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* Tales from Shining India and Sinking India (2013)

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