Parashuramer Sangraha @ 100

Biswajit Ray is a professor of Bangla at Visva-Bharati in Santiniketan. His books on Tagore include Sab Prabandha Rajnaitik, Sachalatar Gan and Rabindranath O Vivekananda: Swadeshe Samakale. He has written in The Cambridge Companion to Rabindranath Tagore. Beyond his academic contributions, he is widely recognised for his prose and newspaper columns. His novel, Tambuli-Akhyan, received widespread acclaim from readers.

Agnijit Sen, popularly known as Mirchi Agni, is a content creator with Radio Mirchi and Revsportz Bangla. He currently acts in and directs the audiobook series Sunday Suspense and also serves as the Head of Content, Revsportz Bangla. He was one of the lead actors in the first Bangla social media viral series, O Maa Go. Known for his wit and sense of humour, he is a prolific on-stage host and has moderated several large-scale events.

Srijato was born in a family steeped in music and literature. His first collection of poetry, Shesh Chithhi, was published in 1999. He won the Ananda Puraskar and the Krittibash Puraskar for his poetry volume Udanta Sawb Joker (2004). His other awards include the Bangla Academy Samman (2014), Pashchimbanga Kabita Academy’s Sunil Gangopadhyay Award (2020) and the Government of West Bengal’s Bangabhushan (2022). He has also written novels, songs and screenplays. He has represented Bengali poetry at many forums, both nationally and internationally including Iowa University’s International Writers Workshop, Edinburgh International Book Fair and the Hay Festival in Wales. He debuted as a film director in 2023. He has also curated the monsoon-themed festival Kolkata Baarish in 2024 and 2025.

Nilanjan Mukherjee is a former radio professional, interviewer and author, widely known as RJ Nilanjan. He has interviewed iconic personalities such as Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Viswanathan Anand, Sunil Gavaskar and Soumitra Chatterjee. His humorous and observational writings have appeared in Anandabazar Patrika and Ei Samay. He is the author of the Bengali satire. An Electrical Engineer with an Operations MBA, he left a corporate career in Dubai to pursue media and storytelling and is currently associated with a leading television channel.