The history of Indian science fiction • Hacker News Board

srean wrote: post #6

ping00 wrote: post #4

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.

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

And also because she was from what is now Bangladesh. Same with Bose from this list.

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Post by blacksmith_tb » Tue, Nov 25, 2025, 5:14 AM UTC

ping00 wrote: post #4

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.

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.

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Post by nirav72 » Tue, Nov 25, 2025, 5:19 AM UTC

visioninmyblood wrote: post #13

tomhow wrote: post #38

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Should we not start with Ramayana and Mahabartham? Although they are religious texts they had a lot of science fiction storylines.

More mythological than science fiction.

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Post by s_Hogg » Tue, Nov 25, 2025, 5:50 AM UTC

Probably worth drawing this thread's attention to the debate over whether ancient Hindu texts mention nuclear weapons and atomic war. Up to the beholder whether that makes those texts sci-fi or not, I guess.

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Post by abundanceitis » Tue, Nov 25, 2025, 6:13 AM UTC

tomhow wrote: post #38

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this looks like India's answer to Works In Progress

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Post by sashank_1509 » Tue, Nov 25, 2025, 6:15 AM UTC

s_Hogg wrote: post #17

Probably worth drawing this thread's attention to the debate over whether ancient Hindu texts mention nuclear weapons and atomic war. Up to the beholder whether that makes those texts sci-fi or not, I guess.

I’d say that’s more fantasy than science fiction.

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Post by sparshselim » Tue, Nov 25, 2025, 6:15 AM UTC

culi wrote: post #5

tomhow wrote: post #38

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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 :(

here's a list of future articles we are looking to commission btw: https://altermag.com/pitch-us