Science Fiction
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How American science-fiction writer Octavia Butler forged a new vision for humanity
A pioneering writer in a genre long dominated by white men, her work explored power structures, shifting definitions of humanity and alternative societies.
Alyssa Collins, The Conversation
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Steampunk: How this subgenre of science fiction challenges the beliefs of civilisational progress
Steampunk is a response to growing estrangement with the interpretation of modernity and the ruthless rupture from the past as the precondition for progress.
Sumit Bardhan
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Solarpunk: A new anthology of speculative fiction counters dystopias with hopeful futures
Meet some of the writers featured in the anthology ‘Multispecies Cities: Solarpunk Urban Futures’.
Sayantani Sengupta
Trending
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Has Rahul Gandhi really defamed all Modis in India? No, say legal experts
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Aata Saata: An age-old custom of bartering brides survives till today in Rajasthan
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‘Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga’ review: A smart and entertaining thriller
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A jail sentence for Rahul Gandhi in India’s new vishwaguru democracy
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China’s dam-building spree on Mekong River has turned Thai fishing villages into ‘ghost towns’
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What the Hugo and Nebula award-winners of 2020 are telling us about science-fiction and ourselves
What writers and readers consider the best sci-fi of the year.
Sumit Bardhan
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How mythology and sci-fi are helping China sell its space programme to the world
The country has made concerted efforts to establish a unique ‘Chinese space culture’ by naming programmes after its traditional roots.
Molly Silk, The Conversation
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Sci-fi novel ‘Lagoon’ challenges long-held ideas of how sexual identities are considered in Africa
Nnedi Okorafor’s rich body of work matters when it comes to the representation of black lives.
Gibson Ncube, The Conversation
Video
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Watch: British PM Rishi Sunak plays cricket with England’s T20 World Cup-winning team
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Watch: Tornado swirling up to a height of 120,000 kilometres observed on the surface of the sun
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‘Petulant’: Australian panelist on TV, describing India’s response to High Commission attack in UK
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Watch this video from the cockpit of a glider plane as it crashes into a building
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Watch: This basset hound patiently taught a puppy to use the dog door
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Science fiction and pandemics have an unusual link: the focus on a shared humanity
Just look to Amitav Ghosh’s ‘The Calcutta Chromosome’ or Ursula K Le Guin ‘The Left Hand of Darkness’.
Mayurika Chakravorty, The Conversation
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How science fiction can offer solace and build resilience in these strange times
It’s time to question why the genre is so often dismissed as escapist literature meant for ‘geeks’.
Esther Jones, The Conversation
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How Satyajit Ray, Premendra Mitra and two others wrote a science fiction story jointly for the radio
‘Sabuj Manush’, or ‘Green Men’, was a pathbreaking experiment in Bengali fiction and drama in creating a futuristic universe.
Soham Guha
The Reel
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‘Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga’ review: A smart and entertaining thriller
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‘Jubilee’ trailer: Series is set in the Hindi film industry of the 1940s and 1950s
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‘Bheed’ review: Chaos and ambivalence at a check post aimed at tackling the Covid outbreak
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‘Kanjoos Makhichoos’ review: Cheap thrills
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‘Parineeta’ director Pradeep Sarkar dies at 68
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South Asian science-fiction is finally centrestage, bringing us closer to our own reality
No survey of literature from the region can exclude such a diverse and fascinating body of work.
Nudrat Kamal, Dawn.com
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Don’t listen to the critics – science fiction explores what it means to be human in the truest way
Sci-fi serves as a kind of fodder for rumination, to stimulate the mind, and to kick us out of the everyday, habitual, ways of thinking that we all fall into.
Gene Tracy
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Why is there so little time travel in Indian fiction writing in English?
Play around with our past in time travel and chances are, you’ll be writing a version of history already imagined and believed real.
Tashan Mehta
The Field
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Boxing World C’ships: Nikhat Zareen, Lovlina Borgohain lead India’s charge for gold medals in finals
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Swiss Open Super 300, QF as it happened: Satwik/Chirag come-from-behind to defeat Bay/Molhede
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WPL 2023: Issy Wong takes the first Women’s Premier League hat-trick for MI vs UPW in Eliminator
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WPL 2023, Eliminator, MI vs UPW blog: Sciver-Brunt, Wong star as Mumbai Indians reach final
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‘Sultan’: A witty and heartfelt memoir of legendary Pakistani left-arm fast bowler Wasim Akram