Bipasha Bora (b. 1986): Bipasha Bora is a well-known young voice in contemporary Assamese fiction. She published her first collection of Assamese short stories, Mou-Makshi Samrajya (“Kingdom of Bees,” Akhor Prakash, Guwahati), in 2014, which won her the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar in 2018. Her second collection, Thaoliplingak Manuhe Pahari Pelaise (“People Have Forgotten Thaulipling,” Aank-Baak, Guwahati), was published in 2018 and her first novel Jakaranda came out in December 2022. Her short stories have appeared in Bosoror Galpa 2014, 2015, and 2018, the prestigious yearly collections of selected short stories in Assamese, published by Aank-Baak, Guwahati. Bipasha regularly contributes fiction, poetry, and essays to various anthologies, Assamese literary journals, and dailies. She is also a regular writer of a popular column, titled “Pratyashar Path,” in Janambhumi, the renowned Assamese weekly. Bipasha completed her MA in cultural studies from Tezpur Central University, and now works as a full-time writer. She currently lives in Guwahati, Assam.