Kalpabiswa

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] It is the main Bengali sci-fi web magazine.[6][7][8] Notable Bengali fiction writers like Adrish Bardhan, Ranen Ghosh, Sumit Bardhan, Debajyoti Bhattacharya, Yashodhara Ray Chaudhuri, Amitananda Das, Anish Deb have contributed for the magazine.

Kalpabiswa
EditorDip Ghosh[1]
Santu Bag
CategoriesSpeculative fiction
FrequencyQuarterly[2]
PublisherKalpabiswa Collective
First issueJanuary 26, 2016 (2016-01-26)
CountryIndia
Based inKolkata
LanguageBengali
Websitewww.kalpabiswa.com

Kalpabiswa Publications
Kalpabiswa Publications official logo.

From 2017, Kalpabiswa started to publish E-books of notable Bengali language books as well as the magazine itself.[9] 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.[10] The book was launched at the campus of Jadavpur University during the first International Conference on science fiction held in Kolkata.[11][12]

Notable books
  • Kaalsandarva by Ankita (2018)
  • Kalpabiswa: Upanyash Parba 1 (2018)
  • Frankenstein 200 (2018)
  • Siddhartha Ghosh Rachana Sangraha (2019)[13]
  • Siddhartha Ghosh Rachana Sangraha 2 (2020)
  • Sera Aschorjyo Sera Fantastic (2019)[14]
  • Sabuj Manush (2019)[15][16]
  • 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 Sudip Deb (2020)[17]

References
  1. A science fiction conference in Kolkata showed that the genre has remained alive and well in Bengal
  2. "kalpabiswa timeline - কল্পবিশ্ব পত্রিকা". Kalpabiswa.com. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  3. "The Future in the Past: Can Bengali science fiction grow up?". The Indian Express. 7 January 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  4. কলকাতার কড়চা. Anandabazar.com. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  5. "Kalpabiswa-First Bengali Science Fiction-Fantasy Web Mag". Anandabazar.com. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  6. ‌“ওয়েবসাহিত্যঃসূচনা-বিবর্তন-ভবিষ্যত”ঃ একটি আলোচনাসভা
  7. http://asiansfsociety.org/countries/india/sf-history/
  8. Atwood, Margaret E. (27 September 2017). মৃত গ্রহের টাইম ক্যাপসুল – মার্গারেট অ্যাটউড - কল্পবিশ্ব পত্রিকা Translation of my short piece into Bengali.... Twitter.com. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  9. "Kalpabiswa Publications". OverDrive.com. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  10. কলকাতার কড়চা: খাদির ঐতিহ্য সন্ধানে. Anandabazar.com. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  11. এবেলা.ইন, নিজস্ব প্রতিবেদন. কল্পবিজ্ঞানের ২০০ বছরে অভিনব উদ‌্‌যাপন যাদবপুরে. Ebela.in. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  12. "Page 4 - Sangbad Pratidin 19-11-18". Epaper.sangbadpratidin.in. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  13. কল্পনার রং ও বিজ্ঞানের ভাবনা Anandabazar Patrika in School, 4 February 2019
  14. বইমেলা বাছাই: ফিরে আসছে কি বাংলা কল্পবিজ্ঞানের স্বর্ণযুগ?
  15. Roy, Sandip (14 September 2019). "When the 'green men' tearing the world apart look just like us". The Hindu.
  16. Guha, Soham (28 July 2019). "How Satyajit Ray, Premendra Mitra and two others wrote a science fiction story jointly for the radio". Scroll.in.
  17. "এ যেন টাইম মেশিনে চড়ে লহমায় ফিরে যাওয়া তিন দশক আগে". The Wall. 22 April 2020.
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