Sanjib Pol Deka (b. 1985): Sanjib Pol Deka has been editing a bi-yearly magazine on society, literature, and culture titled Aalaap since 2017. His published works include authored books like Eipine Ki Ache? (2010, a short story collection for which he won the prestigious Munin Barkotoki Literary award given to promising young writers under age 35), Barmajhili (2020, short story collection) and edited volumes, namely Swarnalata Rayar Arhi Tiruta aru Anyanya Racana (2019, “Swaranalata Ray’s Exemplary Women and Other Essays”) and Asam Andolanar Galpa (2023, an anthology of short stories on the Assam Agitation). He currently teaches in the Department of Assamese, Tezpur University, Assam.