Category: Press
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“Shambhala” – The Gollancz Book of South Asian Science Fiction Volume 2 (Hachette, 2021)
A childhood dream comes true: my fiction debut in print! I am so excited and humbled to announce that my short story, “Shambhala,” appears in The Gollancz Book of South Asian Science Fiction Volume 2 now available from Amazon and leading Indian book stores. You can order the print edition here on Amazon (India). The…
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Writers of the Future Contest (2020)
My climate fiction story “The Architecture of Loss,” set in a near future where the Indian tectonic plate breaks apart, is now an Honorable Mention for the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest (2nd Quarter, 2020).
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Science Film Festival Workshop – Bangkok, Thailand (2018)
Cover Illustration: Science Film Festival Philippines / I’ve been working these past few weeks with Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan on the second edition of Science Film Festival in India. We’ve got some amazing films this year, and I’m very excited to be part of the organizing team. Photographs from the Science Film Festival…
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New Book: The Story of India’s Partition
On July 8, 1947, Cyril Radcliffe arrived in India for the first time. He had five weeks and four judges to settle the boundary between the newly independent India and a newborn state of Pakistan. After drawing the “ Radcliffe Line,” the British officer burnt his papers, refused his fee, and left the wounded continent…
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Unmaking the Post-Truth World With Global SF | Locus Magazine
On the origin, scope and purpose of Mithila Review—my guest post, “Unmaking the Post-Truth World With Global SF,” is now up at Locus Magazine. Excerpt: Mithila is a glorious kingdom ruled by philosopher kings in the Sanskrit epic Ramayana. Millennia later, say in an alternate universe, it’s a decolonized terrain beset with intolerance and violence,…
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HT Interview
I am sincerely grateful for the opportunity to introduce Mithila Review to the wonderful readers of Hindustan Times! We just launched our first quarterly issue for 2017, and I hope you’ll love it! Apart from excellent poetry, fiction and essays, Issue 7 of Mithila Review features my interview with Hugo-winning Chinese author Cixin Liu (translated by Shaoyan Hu), roundtable…
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Let’s Get Back to Business
I’ve waited for certain moments with great yearning. But when they finally arrived, I wasn’t always there to experience them. What could an aspiring writer wait more eagerly than his publication? I was making a rare appearance in the college that day when I saw a group of students with their necks stretched up to the notice board. I wondered if…