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{{short description|Bengali science fiction magazine}}
{{Infobox magazine
| title = Kalpabiswa
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| editor = Dip Ghosh<ref>[https://scroll.in/article/910771/a-science-fiction-conference-in-kolkata-showed-that-the-genre-has-remained-alive-and-well-in-bengal A science fiction conference in Kolkata showed that the genre has remained alive and well in Bengal]</ref> <br> Santu Bag
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| category = [[Speculative fiction]]
| frequency = Quarterly<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kalpabiswa.com/kalpabiswa-timeline/|title=kalpabiswa timeline - কল্পবিশ্ব পত্রিকা|website=Kalpabiswa.com|date=20 October 2018|accessdate=13 January 2019}}</ref>
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| publisher = Kalpabiswa Collective
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| firstdate = {{Start date|2016|1|26}}
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| country = India
| based = [[Kolkata]]
| language = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| website = {{URL|www.kalpabiswa.com}}
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'''''Kalpabiswa''''' is an online [[Bengali language]] [[science fiction]] [[literary magazine]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/books/the-future-in-the-past-5013283/|title=The Future in the Past: Can Bengali science fiction grow up?|date=7 January 2018|work=The Indian Express|accessdate=13 January 2019}}</ref> It is the first and biggest online [[sci-fi]] magazine published in Bengali language.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/calcutta/kolkatar-korcha-1.664912|script-title=bn:কলকাতার কড়চা|website=Anandabazar.com|accessdate=13 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://kalpabiswa.com/|title=Kalpabiswa-First Bengali Science Fiction-Fantasy Web Mag|website=Anandabazar.com|accessdate=13 January 2019}}</ref> It is the main Bengali sci-fi web magazine.<ref>[https://aajkaal.in/news/kolkata/web-magazine-o6y2 ‌“ওয়েবসাহিত্যঃসূচনা-বিবর্তন-ভবিষ্যত”ঃ একটি আলোচনাসভা]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://asiansfsociety.org/countries/india/sf-history/|title = SF History (India)}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/MargaretAtwood/status/912994298081300480|script-title=bn:মৃত গ্রহের টাইম ক্যাপসুল – মার্গারেট অ্যাটউড - কল্পবিশ্ব পত্রিকা Translation of my short piece into Bengali...|first=Margaret E.|last=Atwood|date=27 September 2017|website=Twitter.com|accessdate=13 January 2019}}</ref> Notable Bengali fiction writers like [[Adrish Bardhan]], Ranen Ghosh, Sumit Bardhan, Debajyoti Bhattacharya, [[Yashodhara Ray Chaudhuri]], Amitananda Das, [[Anish Deb]] have contributed for the magazine.

==Kalpabiswa Publications==
[[File:Kalpabiswa_Publications.png|thumb|right|Kalpabiswa Publications official logo.]]
From 2017, ''Kalpabiswa'' started to publish [[E-books]] of notable Bengali language books as well as the magazine itself.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.overdrive.com/publishers/slug|title=Kalpabiswa Publications|website=OverDrive.com|accessdate=13 January 2019}}</ref> From 2018, ''Kalpabiswa'' started its own [[Hardboard]] and [[Paperback]] publishing house named Kalpabiswa Publication. With the 200 years of creation of [[Mary Shelley]]'s [[Frankenstein]], Kalpabiswa has published ''Frankenstein 200'', an anthology of Frankenstein themed fictions and non fictions, as a tribute.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/calcutta/kolkatar-korcha-in-search-of-tradition-of-khadi-1.900253|script-title=bn:কলকাতার কড়চা: খাদির ঐতিহ্য সন্ধানে|website=Anandabazar.com|accessdate=13 January 2019}}</ref> The book was launched at the campus of [[Jadavpur University]] during the first International Conference on science fiction held in Kolkata.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ebela.in/state/a-seminar-on-frankenstein-s-bi-centenary-will-be-held-in-jadavpur-university-s-auditorium-dgtl-1.901824|script-title=bn:কল্পবিজ্ঞানের ২০০ বছরে অভিনব উদ‌্‌যাপন যাদবপুরে|website=Ebela.in|accessdate=13 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://epaper.sangbadpratidin.in/epaper/m/308330/5bf218837b7de|title=Page 4 - Sangbad Pratidin 19-11-18|website=Epaper.sangbadpratidin.in|accessdate=13 January 2019}}</ref>

===Notable books===
*''Kaalsandarva'' by Ankita (2018)
*''Kalpabiswa: Upanyash Parba 1'' (2018)
*''Frankenstein 200'' (2018)
*''Siddhartha Ghosh Rachana Sangraha'' (2019)<ref>[https://facebook.com/kalpabiswa/photos/pcb.2336372459932488/2336371996599201/?type=3&source=48 কল্পনার রং ও বিজ্ঞানের ভাবনা] [[Anandabazar Patrika]] in School, 4 February 2019</ref>
*''Siddhartha Ghosh Rachana Sangraha 2'' (2020)
*''Sera Aschorjyo Sera Fantastic'' (2019)<ref>[https://www.khaboronline.com/kolkata-book-fair/preview-of-selected-books/is-golden-era-of-bengali-science-fiction-coming-back/ বইমেলা বাছাই: ফিরে আসছে কি বাংলা কল্পবিজ্ঞানের স্বর্ণযুগ?]</ref>
*''Sabuj Manush'' (2019)<ref>{{cite news |last=Roy |first=Sandip |date=14 September 2019 |title=When the 'green men' tearing the world apart look just like us |url=https://www.thehindu.com/society/when-the-green-men-tearing-the-world-apart-look-just-like-us/article29409689.ece |work=The Hindu}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Guha |first=Soham |date=28 July 2019|title=How Satyajit Ray, Premendra Mitra and two others wrote a science fiction story jointly for the radio |url=https://scroll.in/article/932006/how-satyajit-ray-premendra-mitra-and-two-others-wrote-a-science-fiction-story-jointly-for-the-radio |work=Scroll.in}}</ref>
*''Arthotrishna'' by Sumit Bardhan (2019)
*''Nakkhatra Pathik'' by Sumit Bardhan (2020)
*''Kalpabigyan Samagra'' by Rebanta Goswami (2020)
*''Decagon'' by Riju Ganguly (2020)
*''Manan Shil'' by Partha De (2020)
*''Swamohimay Sanku'' by Sudip Deb (2020)<ref>{{cite news |date=22 April 2020 |title= এ যেন টাইম মেশিনে চড়ে লহমায় ফিরে যাওয়া তিন দশক আগে |url=https://www.thewall.in/new-books-swamohimay-shonku-by-satyajit-ray-and-sudip-dey/ |work=The Wall}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://kalpabiswa.com Official Kalpabiswa Patrika site]

[[Category:Indian science fiction]]
[[Category:Science fiction magazines]]
[[Category:Bengali-language little magazines]]

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