The history of Indian science fiction

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• zem 5 hours ago
  "the sultana's dream" is online, and well worth a read: https://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/sultana/dream/dream....
• tclancy 7 hours ago
  Bookmarked to read tonight, thanks for this -- the site is gorgeous.
• ping00 7 hours ago
  Added all of these to my Goodreads -- as an Indian, I had no idea that these books existed. Great article (with some really cool UI choices); I'm looking forward to reading more from this magazine! Thanks for sharing.
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  • blacksmith_tb 10 minutes ago
    I can second the article's recommendation of Samit Basu, I've liked everything of his I've read. I would also recommend Indra Das, and Saad Z. Hossain.
  • srean 7 hours ago
    She is also read well in Bangladesh because she wrote primarily in Bengali. Infact she was well versed in quite a few languages. Her Sultana's Dream is a little over the top though
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    • mtalantikite 56 minutes ago
      And also because she was from what is now Bangladesh. Same with Bose from this list.
• visioninmyblood 2 hours ago
  Should we not start with Ramayana and Mahabartham? Although they are religious texts they had a lot of science fiction storylines.
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  • nirav72 5 minutes ago
    More mythological than science fiction.
• culi 7 hours ago
  Seems like it's the first article of this magazine. I'd be excited to see what else they work on but I don't see any links to an rss feed :(
• dyauspitr 2 hours ago
  What a beautiful site.
• ninju 8 hours ago
  Very interesting visual effect in the first sections of the article
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• dartharva 2 hours ago
  Well yes I have read Zelazny's Lord of Light, how did you like it? /s