For a lot of Indians, animation starts with manga series like Naruto and Shin Chan (admit it, you still watch it too) while it ends with American animation like Toy Story and Bojack Horseman. Animation from India isn't even a part of this conversation. Indian animation has had a long and (somewhat) illustrious journey through the years.

From the cult classic Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama to the forgettable Roadside Romeo, join journalist and traveller Aniket Singh Chauhan as he takes us on a journey through the illustrious highs and disastrous lows of the Indian animation industry.

Cultural Futurism is a special interest of mine. And in this month's feature, I do a deep-dive into the world of sci-fi, speculative fiction, cyberpunk and a bunch of related things through the lens of queer, indigenous, localized cultural futurisms. We discuss books, games, webtoons, art and so much more to understand how diverse people people and collectives use current understandings of sociopolitical realities to imagine what culture and human behaviour will look like - ten, twenty, hundred, even a thousand years into the future.