{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Sci Phi Journal","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.sciphijournal.org","title":"The furtive rise of Indian speculative fiction - Sci Phi Journal","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"gDMCi0UCGb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciphijournal.org\/index.php\/2019\/02\/14\/the-furtive-rise-of-indian-speculative-fiction\/\">The furtive rise of Indian speculative fiction<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sciphijournal.org\/index.php\/2019\/02\/14\/the-furtive-rise-of-indian-speculative-fiction\/embed\/#?secret=gDMCi0UCGb\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The furtive rise of Indian speculative fiction&#8221; &#8212; Sci Phi Journal\" data-secret=\"gDMCi0UCGb\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.sciphijournal.org\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.sciphijournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/krshna-parchment.png","thumbnail_width":985,"thumbnail_height":560,"description":"Almost surreptitiously, Indian fantasy and science fiction have made their own niche in Indian English. by Shweta Taneja Four years ago when HarperCollins published my urban fantasy novel Cult of Chaos &#8211; An Anantya Tantrist Mystery (2015), I was at a premium educational institute, the Indian Institute of Technology (Kanpur), talking to students. At the institute, in conversation with a writing club, when I asked them about science fiction, most of them came up with names of American SF authors. My editor requested me to make a video for the upcoming HarperCollins sales conference to explain what the genre of"}