Exploring Indian Sci-Fi: A Review of Sadhna Shanker’s Continuum

Sadhna Shanker’s ‘Continuum: A Love Story’ offers a nuanced narrative set in a dating app startup. Blending science fiction with relatable themes, it explores gender dynamics and societal disparities. Shanker’s use of authentic Indian English enhances the realism, making her characters and setting compelling and relatable.

Launch of Continuum

What makes Continuum so compelling is the way it blends diverse elements—mythology, science fiction, romance, and philosophy—into a single narrative.

The importance of couple equity

The importance of Dr Goldin’s work is that it highlights that solutions for gender inequality would vary depending on time and place. 

Ageing – the irreversible global trend

The world has always responded to demographic changes through technology interventions, behaviour change and policy. As individuals we can respond by being more aware and respectful towards the older persons in our midst.

A time to hope

Hope is a fragile emotion, but it is what gives us strength and courage as individuals and groups.

DIGITAL GENDER DIVIDE

As per research, greater inclusion of women in the digital economy brings value, both social and economic. For example, innovations coming from mixed teams are more economically valuable and have higher impact than those that only men work on.

Launch of ‘Arohan’

‘Arohan’ is science fiction published in Hindi by Rajkamal Publications. It is the translation of the English ‘Ascendance’ brought out by Rupa Publications in 2018

     Break the Bias

If there is more than a century to go, before we finally ‘Break the Bias”, then every International Women’s Day we need to take stock of and find ways to address the  challenges that emerge on the journey.