About Parag

Parag Kumar Deka is a bilingual Indian writer from the North East Indian state of Assam who writes in Assamese and English. He has contributed to various newspapers, periodicals, journals and anthologies and has published two books.

He is also an occasional illustrator and book cover designer.

In 2011, Parag published his first book in Assamese titled Baroti Sadhu, a collection of twelve tales by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy.

In 2020, he published Ahom (আহোম) (Orchid Publication, Guwahati), an Assamese translation of noted Indian author Arup Kumar Dutta's book The Ahoms.

In December 2022, the second edition of Baroti Sadhu was published, for which Parag did the cover and 75 illustrations.

As a researcher, Parag has published in various academic journals. His essays and book chapters have been published by Palgrave Macmillan, University of Illinois Press, Gauhati University Press, etc. 

He holds an MA in English from Tezpur University and an MPhil and a PhD in English Literature from Gauhati University.

He teaches English Literature at Lakhimpur Girls' College, North Lakhimpur, Assam (India).

Currently, he serves as the founder-editor of the student's magazine Ékolom (একলম) and is engaged in various writing projects.