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Satyajit Ray centenary: Professor Shonku’s world no longer exists. Can he still cast a spell?

Atanu Biswas
· May 02, 2021 · 05:30 pm
It’s theoretically possible to travel faster than light using the warp drives seen in ‘Star Trek’

Mario Borunda, The Conversation
· Apr 28, 2021 · 11:30 pm
Straight out of science fiction: Scientists have discovered a planet in a triple-star system

Samantha Lawler, The Conversation
· Mar 31, 2021 · 11:30 pm
Sci-fi novel ‘Lagoon’ challenges long-held ideas of how sexual identities are considered in Africa

Gibson Ncube, The Conversation
· Feb 19, 2021 · 05:30 pm
‘The Wall’ can be read as a continuation in fiction of Gautam Bhatia’s work on freedom and equality

Avantika Mehta
· Oct 03, 2020 · 05:30 pm
Science fiction and pandemics have an unusual link: the focus on a shared humanity

Mayurika Chakravorty, The Conversation
· Jul 21, 2020 · 06:30 pm
‘Kali_Na’: Indrapramit Das’s sci-fi short story has won the Shirley Jackson award for short fiction

Indrapramit Das
· Jul 15, 2020 · 08:30 am
How science fiction can offer solace and build resilience in these strange times

Esther Jones, The Conversation
· May 15, 2020 · 05:30 pm
World Book Day reading: The end of a strange love affair in Mumbai

Mimi Mondal
· Apr 23, 2020 · 06:30 pm
Read at home: After the apocalypse, a woman meets a man. Sparks might fly

SB Divya
· Apr 02, 2020 · 03:30 pm
‘The analog world is terrible...They’re forced to talk to each other in person every single day’

Lavanya Lakshminarayan
· Mar 10, 2020 · 05:30 pm
Is science fiction an instrument of escapism or a mirror to our realities?

Gavin Miller, The Conversation
· Feb 25, 2020 · 05:30 pm
Our interest in imagining future worlds is dying, says sci-fi author William Gibson

Andre Spicer, The Conversation
· Jan 28, 2020 · 05:30 pm
Is Africa afraid of Chinese expansion? Dystopian science-fiction offers some clues

Nedine Moonsamy, The Conversation
· Sep 25, 2019 · 05:30 pm
South Asian science-fiction is finally centrestage, bringing us closer to our own reality

Nudrat Kamal, Dawn.com
· Jul 20, 2019 · 08:30 am
Adrish Bardhan (1932-2019) single-handedly put science-fiction in the Bengali reader’s imagination

Dip Ghosh Soham Guha
· Jun 02, 2019 · 12:30 pm
This timely collection of South Asian science fiction is sorely needed – but does it go far enough?

Veena Muthuraman
· Mar 31, 2019 · 08:30 am
Don’t listen to the critics – science fiction explores what it means to be human in the truest way

Gene Tracy
· Mar 19, 2019 · 05:30 pm
The Indian tendency to stretch time becomes a boon when aliens arrive in this science fiction story

Manjula Padmanabhan
· Mar 12, 2019 · 08:30 am
Why is there so little time travel in Indian fiction writing in English?

Tashan Mehta
· Mar 02, 2019 · 08:30 am