Kalpabiswa
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| Editor | Dip Ghosh[1] Santu Bag, Goutam Mandal, Pramit Nandi and Supriyo Das |
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| Categories | Speculative fiction |
| Frequency | Quarterly[2] |
| Publisher | Dip Ghosh |
| Founder | Dip Ghosh and Supriyo Das |
| Founded | 2015 |
| First issue | January 26, 2016 |
| Country | India |
| Based in | Kolkata |
| Language | Bengali |
| Website | www |
Kalpabiswa is an online Bengali language science fiction literary magazine.[3] It is the first and biggest online sci-fi magazine published in Bengali language.[4][5] Notable Bengali fiction writers like Adrish Bardhan, Ranen Ghosh, Yashodhara Ray Chaudhuri, Anish Deb and Amitananda Das have contributed for the magazine.
Kalpabiswa Publications
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From 2017, Kalpabiswa started to publish E-books of notable Bengali language books as well as the magazine itself.[6] From 2018, Kalpabiswa started its own Hardboard and Paperback publishing house named Kalpabiswa Publication. With the 200 years of creation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Kalpabiswa has published Frankenstein 200, an anthology of Frankenstein themed fictions and non fictions, as a tribute.[7] The book was launched at the campus of Jadavpur University during the first International Conference on science fiction held in Kolkata.[8][9]
Notable books
[edit]- Kaalsandarva by Ankita (2018)
- Kalpabiswa: Upanyash Parba 1 (2018)
- Frankenstein 200 (2018)
- Siddhartha Ghosh Rachana Sangraha (2019)[10]
- Siddhartha Ghosh Rachana Sangraha 2 (2020)
- Sera Aschorjyo Sera Fantastic (2019)[11]
- Sabuj Manush (2019)[12][13]
- Arthotrishna by Sumit Bardhan (2019)
- Nakkhatra Pathik by Sumit Bardhan (2020)
- Kalpabigyan Samagra by Rebanta Goswami (2020)
- Decagon by Riju Ganguly (2020)
- Manan Shil by Partha De (2020)
- Swamohimay Sanku by Satyajit Ray and Sudip Deb (2020)[14]
Aschorjyo and Bismoy Science fiction awards
[edit]From 2023, Kalpabiswa Publication and Pratisruti are sponsoring the only science fiction awards in Bengali. The Aschorjyo award, given for considerable contribution to Kalpabigyan is given by Kalpabiswa. The Bismoy science fiction award is given to the best newcomer in the field of Kalpabigyan by Pratisruti.[15]
Awards and recognitions
[edit]- Oxford Bookstore Book Cover Prize (2022) for Kankabati Kalpabigyan Lekheni, Edited by Yashodhara Ray Chaudhuri, Ankita and Dip Ghosh, designed by Ujjwal Ghosh[16]
References
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- ^ "The Future in the Past: Can Bengali science fiction grow up?". The Indian Express. 7 January 2018. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ কলকাতার কড়চা. Anandabazar Patrika (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2 January 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ "Kalpabiswa-First Bengali Science Fiction-Fantasy Web Mag". Kalpabiswa.com. Archived from the original on 18 June 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ "Kalpabiswa Publications". OverDrive.com. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ কলকাতার কড়চা: খাদির ঐতিহ্য সন্ধানে. Anandabazar Patrika (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 13 January 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ কল্পবিজ্ঞানের ২০০ বছরে অভিনব উদ্যাপন যাদবপুরে. Ebela (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2 January 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ "Page 4 - Sangbad Pratidin 19-11-18". Epaper.sangbadpratidin.in. Archived from the original on 14 April 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ কল্পনার রং ও বিজ্ঞানের ভাবনা Archived 2021-04-17 at the Wayback Machine Anandabazar Patrika in School, 4 February 2019
- ^ বইমেলা বাছাই: ফিরে আসছে কি বাংলা কল্পবিজ্ঞানের স্বর্ণযুগ?. khaboronline.com (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2019-02-07. Retrieved 2019-02-05.
- ^ Roy, Sandip (14 September 2019). "When the 'green men' tearing the world apart look just like us". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
- ^ Guha, Soham (28 July 2019). "How Satyajit Ray, Premendra Mitra and two others wrote a science fiction story jointly for the radio". Scroll.in. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ^ এ যেন টাইম মেশিনে চড়ে লহমায় ফিরে যাওয়া তিন দশক আগে. The Wall (in Bengali). 22 April 2020. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ কলকাতার কড়চা:দেওয়ালে মুক্তির লিখন. Anandabazar Patrika (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 14 March 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
- ^ "Oxford Bookstore Book Cover Prize Longlist announced". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 2023-01-13. Retrieved 2023-07-16.