Prasanta Kumar Das (b. 1971): Prasanta Kumar Das is a senior journalist at the Sadin Group of Publications, Assam. He was one of the fin de siècle young writers whose writings mirrored the political unrest triggered by insurgency at the turn of the twentieth century. Subsequently, he has established himself in the Assamese literary scene with such volumes of short fiction as Eta Sadiyar Galpa, Aanto Prithivir, Othello, April, Kahini Etar Kahini, The Downtown, and Galpabur, among others. In 2012, he received the national Best Young Writer award from Indian Express. In 2016, he was awarded the Dainik Asom literary award for his collection Galpabur.