Dr. Alok Saha, a critic and essayist, hailed from Cooch Behar district of West Bengal India, did his masters from North Bengal University in Bengali, and was awarded M. Phil and Ph. D from Gauhati University. His `Titas Ekti Nadir Nam : Ekti Nibir Path’ written in Bengali, is already very popular to the students and researchers both in West Bengal and Bangladesh. Dr. Saha is serving as the Head of the Department of Bengali, in Tura Government College, Tura, Meghalaya. Besides, he acts as the Guest Lecturer in the Department of Bengali, IDOL, Gauhati University, Assam, India as well as in the Department of Bengali, Distant Education, University of North Bengal. Ancient India, folk-lore, modern poems and fictions are the fields of his interest.