How colonialism and politics shaped Indian science fiction with Suparno Banerjee

How colonialism and politics shaped Indian science fiction with Suparno Banerjee Check the book out here https://amzn.to/2Q7IMVH Interview Timeline 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) (Note: The sound recording for my speaking portions is lower quality than the majority of the audio and I apologize to listeners for that.) 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 Contact Information For more “Full Contact Nerd” please follow me at crisalvarez.com, on Facebook at CrisAlvarezFCN, on youtube at Cris Alvarez on twitter @CrisAlvarezFCN, on Instagram @crisalvarezscifi, and on Apple Podcasts / Google Podcasts / Stitcher