Author Samit Basu shares a peek into the wild, chaotic world of writing Author Samit Basu shares his journey of writing across platforms, genres and mediums. Writing, arguably, is like chasing Lewis ...

Samit Basu didn’t expect for The City Inside to connect with audiences outside of his home country of India. “When I was writing it, it was so local to me,” says the 42-year-old author, when we talk ...

So it’s not like you needed my essay about the future of storytelling and the process of writing my latest novel to tell you this, but the world is careening merrily towards multiple-choice ...

Samit Basu’s Chosen Spirits is a social commentary masquerading as a sci-fi novel. In this seemingly innocent thriller, he manages to pack a critique about caste, a nuanced portrayal of Delhi’s recent ...

Samit Basu has straddled modern Indian fantasy, comics and graphic novels successfully. It’s time to meet his latest release, Local Monsters, which is all about, well…monsters! Considering he grew up ...

From powerful genies to magical treasures and crafty villains, almost every element of the famous folktale of Aladdin and the lamp can be found, technologically transformed, in “The Jinn-Bot of ...

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The five-book-strong shortlist for the Rs 25-lakh JCB Prize for Literature 2020 (with an additional prize money of Rs 10 lakh for the translator in case the winning book is a translation) has been ...

Project X521: And The Ancient Saviours By Sahil Sharma (2014) Resistance By Samit Basu (2013) The Beast with Nine Billion Feet By Manil Sur (1968) Turbulence By Samit Basu (2012) The Palace of ...

He’s written bestsellers, won awards, and been published in multiple countries and languages. Basu is also the co-writer/director of a Netflix film, a comic writer and columnist. Samit Basu is the ...

NWW: As someone who’s interacted with SF authors and fans around the world, what is the biggest difference you find between India and elsewhere with respect to SF fandom? Basu: SF publishing worldwide ...