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@DARKNLIGHTZINE

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Dark ‘n’ Light explores science, nature, social justice and culture, through the arts and humanities. We are a home for projects that chronicle the times we live in and reimagine futures for all species and the planet. www.darknlight.com

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@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

We love working with former collaborators and meeting new ones. Meet the amazing people behind our new short film Routes that takes us on a journey along the paths of insects as they retrace routes that go far beyond human notions of boundaries. You can watch it here: youtu.be/gLZIAdUsVlM

@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

A gorgeous new film on Dark 'n' Light, scripted and narrated by Yuvan Aves, and created by Gourav Ogale and Annette Jacob. Watch Routes here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLZI...

@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Listen to the rest of this fascinating conversation on The Subverse podcast here: open.spotify.com/episode/0KDi...

@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Have you listened to Joaquin Ezcurra on The Subverse podcast yet? open.spotify.com/episode/0KDi...

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@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Joaquin Ezcurra tells us what listeners can expect to hear in his conversation with Susan Mathews, host of The Subverse podcast. Listen to the episode here: open.spotify.com/episode/0KDi...

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@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

In the final episode of the season, host Susan Mathews speaks to Antone Martinho-Truswell Operations Manager at the Sydney Policy Lab, and Research Associate at the School of Life and Environmental Sciences at the University of Sydney, Australia. open.spotify.com/episode/2NPp...

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@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

In a new episode of The Subverse Susan Mathews speaks with AntoneMartinho-Truswell, a behavioural ecologist, about the evolutionary advantages of flight, why birds live longer than mammals, and evolving out of the ‘good-enough’ way of living. Listen here: darknlight.com/podcast/the-...

The Subverse - Season 5 - Dark 'n' Light

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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 21/10/2025

I am delighted and honoured to say that my second novel RAKESFALL has won the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction! vajra.me/2025/10/21/r...

RAKESFALL wins the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction

RAKESFALL wins the Le Guin Prize!

@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

"Routes aren’t created because of places, but rather places emerge from routes that are taken again and again." A new short film narrated by Yuvan Aves, made by Gourav Ogale and Annette Jacob for Dark 'n' Light. darknlight.com/projects/fil...

Routes - Dark 'n' Light

In this short film, naturalist and author Yuvan Aves takes us on a journey along the paths of honeybees, butterflies, aphids and other insects as they remember and retrace routes that go far beyond hu...

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@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

"Reflection is not only what appears on a surface; it is about gathering context—history, weather, taste, effort, opinions, the smells and sounds that surround an act—and holding them together long enough to make meaning." Tasneem Khan darknlight.com/projects/per...

MaraTime: Time as Reflection & Refraction - Dark 'n' Light

In the seventh installment of our Time and Tide series, Tasneem Khan invites us to consider how experience and knowledge are reflected, recorded, and consumed through time; in a tidal rhythm, certaint...

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@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

"At its heart, Arcx has always been a passion project. A meeting of nerds, if you will. For all that we discussed serious topics, there was a real joy to these conversations." @anjalialappat.bsky.social reflects on four seasons of Arcx podcast:https://darknlight.com/blog/a-new-arcx/

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@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

"I am driven by infinite curiosity and a refusal to accept the existence of borders, crystallised knowledge or geographies, all of which are imaginary constructs." An interview with writer and teacher Claudia Aboaf: darknlight.com/projects/int...

The Poetics and Politics of Climate in Fiction and Fact: An Interview with Claudia Aboaf - Dark 'n' Light

Claudia Aboaf, writer and teacher, speaks to Winnu D about the importance of socialising the struggle, paying attention to nature, moving away from human characters and the power of writing and fictio...

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@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

In a new short film, naturalist and author Yuvan Aves takes us on a journey along the paths of honeybees, butterflies amd aphids as they remember and retrace routes that go beyond human notions of roads and boundaries. Created by Gaurav Ogale and Annette Jacob. darknlight.com/projects/fil...

Routes - Dark 'n' Light

In this short film, naturalist and author Yuvan Aves takes us on a journey along the paths of honeybees, butterflies, aphids and other insects as they remember and retrace routes that go far beyond hu...

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@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Claudia Aboaf's latest book, Trilogía del agua (2024), combines three of her previous novels: Pichonas (2014), The King of Water (2016), and The Eye and the Flower (2019). Winnu D interviews her for Dark 'n' Light here: darknlight.com/projects/int...

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@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Claudia Aboaf, writer and teacher, speaks to Winnu D about the importance of socialising the struggle, paying attention to nature, moving away from human characters and the power of writing and fiction. darknlight.com/projects/int...

The Poetics and Politics of Climate in Fiction and Fact: An Interview with Claudia Aboaf - Dark 'n' Light

Claudia Aboaf, writer and teacher, speaks to Winnu D about the importance of socialising the struggle, paying attention to nature, moving away from human characters and the power of writing and fictio...

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@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

"Given the mercurial times we live in, it’s unsurprising that South Asia’s speculative and science fiction scene is slowly but surely growing." Anjali Alappat, host of Arcx podcast writes darknlight.com/blog/a-new-a...

A New Arc(x) - Dark 'n' Light

In this blog post, Anjali Alappat, the host of Arcx, reflects on four seasons of in-depth conversations with some of South Asia’s best known speculative fiction authors, the SFF landscape in the regio...

@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

In the fourth episode of the season, Susan Mathews is in conversation with Joaquin Ezcurra, a key member of Aerocene, the global arts-activist community initiated by Tomás Saraceno. Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/0KDi...

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Rakesh Khanna @blaftrakesh.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Chennai! Come to our Bandigoat book launch / pumpkin carving party on Saturday Oct 25th!

Bandigoat release party. Saturday Oct 25 Kannadi cupboard, Tambaram. Image shows a goat-rat with shades and a disco ball

Kuzhali Manickavel, Sridya Tadepalli, Rashmi Ruth Devadasan in conversation with Anjali Alappat

Jackolanterns

@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

In a new blog post, Anjali Alappat, the host of Arcx, reflects on four seasons of in-depth conversations with some of South Asia’s best known speculative fiction authors, the SFF landscape in the region, and where the podcast goes from here. darknlight.com/blog/a-new-a... Art by Adrija Ghosh.

A New Arc(x) - Dark 'n' Light

In this blog post, Anjali Alappat, the host of Arcx, reflects on four seasons of in-depth conversations with some of South Asia’s best known speculative fiction authors, the SFF landscape in the regio...

@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Mădălina Diaconu is a researcher at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Vienna, Austria and author of Aesthetics of Weather (2024). She's Susan Mathew's guest on The Subverse! More from her here: darknlight.com/podcast/the-...

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@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

"Reflection is not only what appears on a surface; it is about gathering context—history, weather, taste, effort, opinions, the smells and sounds that surround an act—and holding them together long enough to make meaning." darknlight.com/projects/per...

MaraTime: Time as Reflection & Refraction - Dark 'n' Light

In the seventh installment of our Time and Tide series, Tasneem Khan invites us to consider how experience and knowledge are reflected, recorded, and consumed through time; in a tidal rhythm, certaint...

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@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

A double bill from The Subverse! Two back-to-back episodes featuring Mădălina Diaconu, a researcher and author of Aesthetics of Weather. Listen to them here: darknlight.com/podcast/the-...

The Subverse - Season 5 - Dark 'n' Light

@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Join the latest episode of The Subverse podcast with your thermic body and enjoy the fleecy, cloudy edges of this conversation with Mădălina Diaconu. open.spotify.com/episode/5zt7...

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Under the Weather: Atmospherics, Aesthetics, and Thermic Subjects

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@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Mădălina Diaconu, is a researcher at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Vienna, Austria and author of Aesthetics of Weather (2024). She's on The Subverse podcast talking about environmental and urban aesthetics and phenomenology of perception. darknlight.com/podcast/the-...

@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

A new episode of The Subverse features Mădălina Diaconu, a researcher at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Vienna, Austria who works on environmental aesthetics, urban aesthetics and phenomenology of perception. open.spotify.com/episode/5zt7...

@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

A stunning Time & Tide essay by Tasneem Khan is here! Read 'MaraTime: Time as Reflection & Refraction' here: darknlight.com/projects/per...

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@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

A new Time and Tide essay is here. Read 'MaraTime: Time as Reflection & Refraction' by Tasneem Khan here: darknlight.com/projects/per...

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@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

"Water offers a different language—of ebb and return, of reflecting and refracting light. It invites a pace that resists hurry and keeps changing shape without breaking." Tasneem Khan has a new essay for our Time & Tide series. Read it here: darknlight.com/projects/per...

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@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

In the next essay in our Time and Tide series, Tasneem Khan invites us to consider how experience and knowledge are reflected, recorded, and consumed through time; in a tidal rhythm, certainty ebbs and layers of context and connection reveal themselves. darknlight.com/projects/per...

MaraTime: Time as Reflection & Refraction - Dark 'n' Light

In the seventh installment of our Time and Tide series, Tasneem Khan invites us to consider how experience and knowledge are reflected, recorded, and consumed through time; in a tidal rhythm, certaint...

@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Dr. Roxy Koll's recent research focuses on developing climate-smart health warning systems that integrate climate and health data with AI/ML to enable early action and long-term planning. Listen to him on The Subverse podcast podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/c...

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@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Dr. Roxy Mathew Koll has made breakthrough contributions to the research, monitoring, and modelling of climate and extreme weather events over the Indo-Pacific region. He is Susan Mathews first guest on Season 5 of The Subverse podcast. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

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Currents of Change

Podcast Episode · The Subverse · 10/02/2025 · 42m

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@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Season 5 of The Subverse is here! Join host Susan Mathews as she explores the element of ‘air’—the air we breathe, the atmosphere that blankets us, and the aesthetics of weather, through conversations with a fascinating array of guests.

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@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

The September issue of our newsletter The Ripple is here. Read Perfecting Practice here: darknlight.substack.com/p/perfecting...

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Perfecting Practice

Anything can be your practice, and everything is your practice.

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@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

In episode four of Arcx, @anjalialappat.bsky.socialsits down with writer and academic Sami Ahmad Khan to discuss Indian science fiction, translated fiction, pulp, genre conventions, T-rexes, black holes, the Bermuda triangle, and much more. Catch them here: open.spotify.com/episode/6b2P...

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@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

As the final instalment of #Cataplisms, we present a multi-media project: The Amazing Morphs of the Golden Cat. darknlight.com/cataplisms/t...

The Amazing Morphs of the Golden Cat - Dark 'n' Light

In this audio story, the final instalment of Cataplisms, conservation anthropologist Sahil Nijhawan and his collaborator Iho Mitapo take us on a journey to Dibang Valley in Arunachal Pradesh. Iho deta...

@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

In Constant Movement: The Paradox of Stillness Theoretical cosmologist Paul Sutter considers the pursuit of meditative stillness while acknowledging the eternal motion of the Universe, from the quantum fields of a vacuum to the cosmos itself. darknlight.com/projects/art...

In Constant Movement: The Paradox of Stillness - Dark 'n' Light

In the second instalment of the States of Motion series, theoretical cosmologist Paul Sutter considers the pursuit of meditative stillness while acknowledging the eternal motion of the Universe, from ...

@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

*A Sarus Serenity* In this essay, Siddharth Pandey writes about encountering the magical, mystical Sarus cranes at various points in his life, and their mutual connection to the mountain landscape, their home for generations. darknlight.com/projects/per...

A Sarus Serenity - Dark 'n' Light

In this essay, Siddharth Pandey writes about encountering the magical, mystical Sarus cranes at various points in his life, and their mutual connection to the mountain landscape, their home for genera...

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@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

'Veg and Non-Veg: Hazy Scientific Boundaries, Clear Caste Lines' In this essay, public health doctor and researcher Sylvia Karpagam writes about the unscientific classifications of foods, and their stigmatisation and weaponization in a caste-ridden society. darknlight.com/projects/per...

Veg and Non-Veg: Hazy Scientific Boundaries, Clear Caste Lines - Dark 'n' Light

In this essay, public health doctor and researcher Sylvia Karpagam writes about the unscientific classifications of foods, and their stigmatisation and weaponization in a caste-ridden society.

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@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

What comes after the end? In 'Antarctica' a short story by Michael Allen Rose, it is a frozen, lifeless, Sisyphean eternity, where two survivors are trapped in a vicious cycle of too little and just enough. Read it here: darknlight.com/projects/sho...

Antarctica - Dark 'n' Light

What comes after the end? In this short story by Michael Allen Rose, it is a frozen, lifeless, Sisyphean eternity, where two survivors are trapped in a vicious cycle of too little and just enough.

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@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

'Exploring Feminism and the Normalisation of Heterosexuality' Read an extract from ‘Because I have a Voice: Queer Politics in India’, a book of essays edited by Arvind Narrain and Gautam Bhan here: darknlight.com/projects/exc...

Exploring Feminism and the Normalisation of Heterosexuality - Dark 'n' Light

What does it mean to be queer in India? In ‘Because I have a Voice: Queer Politics in India’, a book of essays edited by Arvind Narrain and Gautam Bhan, we explore just that. The anthology features th...

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@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

In the sixth essay of the Time and Tide series, Tasneem Khan writes of knowledge embodied in communities and coastlines, of the intimacy of repetition, attention that attunes, and practice that makes dreams real and expands horizons. darknlight.com/projects/per...

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@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

R.T. Samuel is an editor, independent cultural producer and the co-editor of The Blaft Book of Anti-Caste SF, helmed by a viral fundraiser that made it the second-most successful Indian publishing campaign in Kickstarter history. Catch R on Arcx here: open.spotify.com/episode/41aW...

@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Rakesh Khanna co-founded Blaft Publications in Chennai with Rashmi Devadasan, in 2008. The company publishes translations of Indian fiction, folklore, weird fiction, and graphic novels. Catch him on Arcx podcast alongside Rashmi and R.T Samuel here: open.spotify.com/episode/41aW...

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SFF Reviews @sffreview.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

This sounds like a fascinating discussion! 🌟 Diverse voices in SFF are so important for storytelling. Can't wait to hear the insights on anti-caste perspectives! 📚✨ #DiversityInSFF #ListenNow

@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Rashmi Devadasan is the author of Kumari Loves a Monster and her short stories were part of an anthology titled Strange Worlds! Strange Times! Amazing Sci-Fi Stories, published by Speaking Tiger. She's one of 3 amazing guests on Arcx podcast! Find out more and listen here: darknlight.com/podcast/

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Rakesh Khanna @blaftrakesh.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

I am always jittery about going on podcasts (I think I'm a much better editor than speaker!) but @anjalialappat.bsky.social is wonderful and R.T. Samuel is very eloquent and maybe you'll enjoy listening

@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Three amazing guests on the latest episode of #ArcxPodcast: Rakesh Khanna and Rashmi Devadasan of @blaft.bsky.social and R.T Samuel, the editor of The Blaft Book of Anti-Cast SF. Catch their conversation with host Anjali Alappat here: open.spotify.com/episode/41aW...

@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

@anjalialappat.bsky.social chats with @blaftrakesh.bsky.social R.T. Samuel and Rashmi Devadasan about what's missing from the Indian SFF scene, the challenges of putting together an anthology, and the importance of varied anti-caste perspectives open.spotify.com/episode/41aW... @blaft.bsky.social

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Rashmi Devadasan, Rakesh Khanna & R.T. Samuel

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Blaft Publications @blaft.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

7 Indian authors! 7 eerie & gruesome stories! 7 days left! www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...

BANDIGOAT: A COLLECTION OF STRANGE AND HORRIBLE STORIES
87% Funded .7 Days to Go. Back us on Kickstarter! Weird Fiction From Realms Beyond! Dogs! Demons! Sentient Desserts! Astounding Writing Talent! Exciting Rewards!

@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

MaraTime: Time as Practice In the sixth essay of the Time and Tide series, Tasneem Khan writes of knowledge embodied in communities and coastlines, of the intimacy of repetition, attention that attunes, and practice that makes dreams real and expands horizons. darknlight.com/projects/per...

MaraTime: Time as Practice - Dark 'n' Light

In the sixth essay of the Time and Tide series, Tasneem Khan writes of knowledge embodied in communities and coastlines, of the intimacy of repetition, attention that attunes, and practice that makes ...

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