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Arnab Chakraborty
Arnab Chakraborty is a regular Scroll.in contributor
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‘Klara and the Sun’: Kazuo Ishiguro returns to old themes but adds technology-inspired twists
The Nobel laureate’s latest novel plays out in a world struggling with mortality, change and technological intervention.
Arnab Chakraborty
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Marlon James takes fantasy fiction as we know it and makes it breathtakingly new
‘Black Leopard, Red Wolf’ is no serene fantasy epic. It comes at you angrily.
Arnab Chakraborty
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Two stories lead India’s modern science-fiction charge into the sci-fi magazine Strange Horizons
The stories, by Kuzhali Manickavel and Shankar Gopalakrishnan. show us how Indian science-fiction goes well beyond mythology.
Arnab Chakraborty
Trending
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No one spared in ‘NewsClick’ raids – young staffers, part-time employees, freelance contributors
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India at Asian Games, Oct 4, live: Jyothi Vennam, Ojas Deotale win archery gold; bronze in racewalk
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Watch: Man dances inside Mumbai local train, railways ask commuters not to ‘perform such activities’
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NewsClick raids: Indian law has few safeguards when electronic devices are seized
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India at Asian Games, Oct 4 schedule: Neeraj Chopra, Lovlina Borgohain to fight for gold
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How similar was Neanderthal Man to Homo Sapiens? Novelist William Golding got there before science
‘The Inheritors’ is a superb example of what rigorous speculation and a sympathetic portrayal of the “other” can achieve through literature.
Arnab Chakraborty
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How reading Ursula K Le Guin changed my expectations from science-fiction (and dragons)
She didn’t join the dots for young readers. And she wrote about gender, sexuality and violence in ways we’re encountering now in real life.
Arnab Chakraborty
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Eight works of science fiction that present tyrants (not all of them human)
The dictator lording over a dystopia is a staple of SF, and these novels and stories show the possibilities.
Arnab Chakraborty
Video
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Watch: Lion spotted standing in the waters of the Arabian Sea in Junagadh, Gujarat
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Jaipur: Man in red jumpsuit and mask from ‘Money Heist’ climbs on car to toss cash on the street
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Watch: Baby crocodile spotted in swimming pool in Dadar, Mumbai
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Watch: Robot dogs replace human volunteers to carry discuses at Asian Games in Hangzhou
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Watch: Major traffic jam in Hyderabad’s Kukatpally area as people rush to newly opened Lulu Mall
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What happens in cashless societies? Five answers from science fiction
If we don’t work for money, what might we be working for?
Arnab Chakraborty
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With these two novellas, China Miéville shows again why he is like no other writer
Argubaly, no well-known contemporary author has reinvented genre literature the way Miéville keeps doing.
Arnab Chakraborty
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JM Coetzee’s new novel asks a crucial question: When everyone’s the same, can a person be different?
‘The Schooldays of Jesus’ is the second in what now appears to be a series by the 2003 Nobel Laureate.
Arnab Chakraborty
The Reel
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Watch: Ravi Teja in action thriller ‘Tiger Nageswara Rao’
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‘12th Fail’ trailer: Vikrant Massey plays a UPSC applicant
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Book versus movie: Bengali film ‘Herbert’ says if the source story is great, don’t tinker with it
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Start the week with a film: In ‘A Fantastic Woman’, a trans singer hits the right notes
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Watch: Gigi Scaria’s film revisits memories of meeting Mahatma Gandhi
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The fiction of the $100-million search for ET and Earth-like planets
The discovery of an Earth-like planet and a new $100-million quest for extra-terrestrial intelligence shows life imitating sci-fi art.
Arnab Chakraborty
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Robot kills man: how Isaac Asimov dealt with this in his Robot series
The legendary three laws of robotics, expanded to four, were created to ensure protection and not annihilation of the human race.
Arnab Chakraborty