How colonialism and politics shaped Indian science fiction with Suparno Banerjee

Suparno Banerjee Indian science fiction

How colonialism and politics shaped Indian science fiction with Suparno Banerjee

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Suparno Banerjee has been a life long fan of science fiction. He studied science fiction and now teaches it as an associate professor of English at Texas State University. He recently wrote a book on the development of Indian science fiction. We discussed the book and his science fiction interests. Indian Science Fiction: Patterns, History and Hybridity (University of Wales Press, 2021)

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0:53 – Suparno talks about why he wrote a book on Indian science fiction.

3:33 – Suparno talks about how much science fiction translation exchanges there have been within India.

5:08 – Suparno talks about going back to 1835 in his study.

9:29 – Suparno talks about politics within Indian science fiction.

11:40 – Suparno talks about the emergence of Indian science fiction during the colonial period.

19:56 – Suparno talks about Indian pulp science fiction in the early 20th century.

23:24 – Suparno talks about the Bangla tradition.

27:19 – Suparno talks about his approach to Pakistani science fiction prior to 1947.

29:09 – Suparno talks about he researched the book.

33:41 – Suparno talks about the different types of science fiction he covered.

34:35 – Suparno touches on Indian sci-fi video games.

35:04 – Suparno talks about the Indian publishing business and translations into English.

36:53 – Suparno talks about the people writing Indian science fiction.

38:43 – Suparno talks about his enjoyment in the project.

39:31 – Suparno talks about speaking with some Indian sci fi creators.

40:13 – Suparno talks about Indian diaspora authors.

41:44 – Suparno talks about Indian religion and Indian sci-fi.

44:08 – Suparno talks about Indian sci fi and the West.

46:51 – Suparno talks about diaspora writers.

47:39 – Suparno was surprised by how much Indian sci-fi was produced.

48:54 – Suparno talks about the layout of the book.

52:18- Suparno talks about the amount of sci fi being produced.

54:18 – Suparno talks about whether Indian publishers specialize in sci fi.

55:17 – Suparno talks about getting the book published.

57:40 – Suparno talks about how he studies works he enjoys. He also talks about his favorite sci fi.

1:00:56 – Suparno can be found on the Texas State University website.

Links of interest

https://amzn.to/2Q7IMVH

https://www.uwp.co.uk/book/indian-science-fiction/

https://faculty.txstate.edu/profile/1921972

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