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
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Husna Bai: The tawaif who made Hindustani music a respectable profession for women artists
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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Carnatic music: Violinist L Subramaniam’s new book looks at the 18th-century masters
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Is the 2024 Lok Sabha election India’s last chance before the point of no return?
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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
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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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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted
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Watch: Glimpses of Indian singer Sid Sriram’s debut performance at Coachella 2024
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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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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ review: Laboured and barely provocative
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‘Civil War’ review: An urgent film about a barely-distant future
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Watch: ‘The Broken News’ returns for a second season
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‘Dil Dosti Dilemma’ trailer: A teenager bonds with her grandparents during a summer vacation
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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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