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