Speakers & Guests

Here are the special guests and confirmed speakers.

Anil Menon

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Anil Menon is an acclaimed Indian writer whose speculative fiction blends myth, history, and science with sharp philosophical insight.

Anindya Sengupta

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Anindya Sengupta is a Professor at the Department of Film Studies, Jadavpur University, and a science fiction author. His scholarship examines realism and authorship in Indian cinema. As a speculative fiction writer, he explores corporate dystopia, temporal paradox, and technology through a South Asian lens..

Anushtup Sett

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Anushtup Sett is a writer and translator in Bengali, who works mainly in Science fiction, Fantasy, Thriller and Horror genre. She writes regularly in populer magazines and has books published from a number of publications.

Appupen

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Appupen is a graphic novelist and creator of the fantastical universe Halahala, known for his sharp socio-political satire and surreal visual storytelling. His works push the boundaries of Indian comics through experimental worldbuilding and dark speculative themes.

Barnita Bagchi

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Barnita Bagchi is a literary scholar whose research spans utopian studies, feminist history, and global science fiction. She writes extensively on transnational imaginaries and has contributed significantly to understanding SF through comparative literary perspectives.

Debjyoti Bhattacharyya

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Debjyoti Bhattacharyya is a Bengali science fiction writer, editor and publisher known for blending science ficion with rich cultural context. His stories often explore history, mythology, technology, and human emotion through a distinctly Bengali lens.

Francesco Verso

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Francesco Verso is an award-winning Italian science fiction writer, translator, and the founder of Future Fiction. His work focuses on global futurisms, climate change, and speculative innovations, and he actively promotes multicultural SF voices.

Gautam Bhatia

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Gautam Bhatia is a speculative fiction author and editor whose The Wall and The Horizon form a celebrated dystopian duology. He also writes incisive essays on science fiction, democracy, and the politics of imagination.

Indrapramit Das

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Indrapramit Das is a novelist and editor best known for his critically acclaimed SF novels The Devourers and The Last Dragoners of Bowbazar. His work spans fantasy, horror, and science fiction, exploring identity, mythology, and transformation.

Rajat Chaudhuri

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Rajat Chaudhuri is a Kolkata-based writer whose speculative fiction engages deeply with climate change, ecology, and urban futures. His novels and edited volumes have received international recognition for their atmospheric and philosophical depth.

Riju Ganguly

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A reader, whose love for speculative fiction at times compels him to dabble in those arts— usually without much success.

Rimi B. Chatterjee

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Rimi B. Chatterjee is a novelist, translator, and academic whose writing ranges across science fiction, fantasy, and historical narrative. She is noted for her experimental storytelling and contributions to Indian speculative studies.

Saikat Mukhopadhyay

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Saikat Mukhopadhyay is a versatile Bengali writer whose daring, stylistically intricate fiction spans fantasy, horror, psychological thriller, crime, and experimental forms. With a prolific output, he explores violence, faith, the uncanny, and existential puzzles, continually reinventing genre boundaries with linguistic flair.

Sami Ahmed Khan

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Sami Ahmed Khan is a science fiction author and academic whose work blends military futurism, political speculation, and high-concept ideas. He also writes scholarly analyses on Indian and global SF traditions.

Samit Basu

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Samit Basu is a celebrated speculative fiction writer, known for The Simoqin Prophecies, Turbulence,Chosen Spirits, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport and numerous comics and films. His work mixes superhero tropes, mythology, humor, and sharp social commentary.

Soham Guha

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Soham Guha is a bilingual speculative fiction writer and editor with works published in various anthologies and as novels. One of his stories was selected to be the part of Peregrine Lander time capsule to be placed on the Moon.

Soumya Sundar Mukhopadhyay

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Soumya Sundar Mukhopadhyay writes speculative fiction in both Bengali and English, using imaginative scenarios to explore the meaning of being human. A sense of wonder shapes his stories, often expressed through lyrical, dreamlike prose..

Suparno Banerjee

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Suparno Banerjee is a globally recognized scholar of science fiction, coloniality, and South Asian futurisms. He has authored foundational works on Indian SF and teaches at Texas State University.

Supriyo Das

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Supriyo Das is one of the founder editors of Kalpabiswa. He also translated and edited Bengali science fiction anthologies.

Yashodhara Ray Chaudhuri

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Yashodhara Ray Chaudhuri is an award-winning Bengali poet and novelist whose speculative works explore dystopia, identity, and philosophical inquiry. She is known for her distinctive voice and for expanding the boundaries of contemporary Bengali SF.