A forthcoming crowdfunded anthology from Blaft Publications contains speculative fiction against the caste system
Ravidas, a 15th-century poet-saint, dreamed of a city called Begumpura where there is “no pain, taxes or worries”. “He envisions a casteless society,” says Delhi-based writer Rahee Punyashloka. This work of the saint, he points out, is proof that “the first work of speculative fiction to come out of South Asia is against the caste […]