Firoz Mahmud Ahsan Shuvo is associate professor at English Discipline, Khulna University. His main interest lies in tracing the travails of the decolonizing trauma theory in South Asian literature. He also takes an interest in a broad spectrum of issues related to literature, history, politics, philosophy, etc., and their varied and critical interrelationships. He occasionally tries his hand at poetry. Recently, he is planning to dip his toe into fiction writing. He can be reached at shuvo.ahsan@hotmail.com.

A B M Monirul Huq is an Associate Professor of English at Khulna University, Bangladesh. He had his PhD from the School of English, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. He is a literary enthusiast and a translator. 

Email: monirul.huq@hotmail.com

Rakesh Sikder is currently pursuing his postgraduate degree in English Studies at IIT Madras as an ICCR Scholar. Other than writing, he also likes to take photos. Few of his creative write-ups and photos have been published from both home and abroad.

Email: rakesh171401@gmail.com

Mostak Ahmed, a dedicated postgraduate student of English at Khulna University, revolves his academic pursuits around the captivating realm of postcolonial studies. A passionate poet, he weaves verses regularly, channeling his love for creative expression. His linguistic versatility shines through his translation endeavors, including the adaptation of the Eco-Socialist Manifesto by Joel Kovel and Michael Loye in collaboration with Rahul Biswas. Eager to curate literary landscapes, he assumes the role of Editor for the esteemed literary magazine Season Jot, showcasing his editorial finesse through two successfully curated issues. He can be reached at mostakahmed183@gmail.com.

Abu Kalam Shamsuddin, PhD, is Assistant Professor at the Drawing and Painting Discipline of Khulna University, Bangladesh. He completed Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Drawing and Painting from Rajshahi University, Bangladesh. His research interests are folk, vernacular, and contemporary painting of Bangladesh, environmental and ecological painting. His passion is creating engaging and inspiring works of art in a whole host of different media and he is committed to the development of Visual Arts in Bangladesh. He hopes to be an inspiration to his students and colleagues, and contribute to the unstoppable cultural movement called art. He can be reached at abukalamshamsudin@gmail.com                   

Professor Himadri Lahiri retired from the Department of English and Culture Studies, the University of Burdwan, West Bengal, India in 2016. Subsequently, he taught at the Department of English, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan for about a year. He is currently serving the School of Humanities, Netaji Subhas Open University, Kolkata as Professor of English. Lahiri has written extensively on Diaspora Studies and Indian English literature. His recent publications include two books – Asia Travels: Pan-Asian Cultural Discourses and Diasporic Asian Literature/s in English (Birutjatiya, 2021) and Diaspora Theory and Transnationalism (Orient BlackSwan, 2019), four book chapters – “Pioneers Across Kala pani: Reading Girmitiyas etc.” (Routledge, 2021), “Generational Perspectives in Partition Narratives” (Pencraft, 2022), “Citizenship Question in the Transnational Context: Literary Perspectives” (Routledge, 2022) and “The Sea Is History: The Concept of Space in Women’s Kala Pani Crossings” (Routledge, 2023) – as well as a journal article “Reading Modernism in The Waste Land: Eliot’s Use of Montage and Collage” DUJES, Dibrugarh University Journal of English Studies (vol. 30, March 2022). At present, he is working on a book project on the Partition of India. Apart from his academic writings, Lahiri has numerous English poetry published in journals and magazines to his credit.