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Samit Basu

@samitbasu

Novelist. Otherlives: filmmaker, comicsperson, columnist, childrens writer. Out soon, The Pictures of Darpan Ray (HarperCollins India)

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Joined August 2007
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The only thing better than a new @samitbasu book, is a samit book with some goodies. Weekend read sorted x
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Shruti Jain@bookishrutiOct 29
old classics, new conversations, a very suitable combo, this one, ft. @samitbasu's latest work, the pictures of darpan ray come one, come all, but first, register: forms.gle/sTM9oTQPTM5Pg5BHA see you on the 14th of november, delhi!
Registration for Suitable Conversations at Sunder Nursery, New Delhi: 14th November, 2026, featur...

Registration for Suitable Conversations at Sunder Nursery, New Delhi: 14th November, 2026, featur...

Please fill in the form below to register for the event featuring Samit Basu and Nilanjana Roy in conversation on Black, White, and (Dorian) Gray: Retelling a Classic for the Modern Gaze on 14th...

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A Suitable Agency (@ASuitableAgency) profile pictureA Suitable Agency@ASuitableAgencyOct 29
Join us for a very Suitable Conversation at @sundernursery with @samitbasu & @nilanjanaroy on ‘Black, White, and (Dorian) Gray: Retelling a Classic for the Modern Gaze’, based on Basu’s latest work, The Pictures of Darpan Ray. 14 Nov | 4 PM Register now: forms.gle/sTM9oTQPTM5Pg5BHA
Join us for a very Suitable Conversation at @sundernursery with @samitbasu & @nilanjanaroy on ‘Black, White, and (Dorian) Gray: Retelling a Classic for the Modern Gaze’, based on Basu’s latest work, The Pictures of Darpan Ray. 14 Nov | 4 PM Register now: https://forms.gle/sTM9oTQPTM5Pg5BHA

ALT Join us for a very Suitable Conversation at @sundernursery with @samitbasu & @nilanjanaroy on ‘Black, White, and (Dorian) Gray: Retelling a Classic for the Modern Gaze’, based on Basu’s latest work, The Pictures of Darpan Ray. 14 Nov | 4 PM Register now: https://forms.gle/sTM9oTQPTM5Pg5BHA

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For your mid-apocalypse needs, here's
A Suitable Agency (@ASuitableAgency) profile pictureA Suitable Agency@ASuitableAgencyOct 29
Join us for a very Suitable Conversation at @sundernursery with @samitbasu & @nilanjanaroy on ‘Black, White, and (Dorian) Gray: Retelling a Classic for the Modern Gaze’, based on Basu’s latest work, The Pictures of Darpan Ray. 14 Nov | 4 PM Register now: forms.gle/sTM9oTQPTM5Pg5BHA
Join us for a very Suitable Conversation at @sundernursery with @samitbasu & @nilanjanaroy on ‘Black, White, and (Dorian) Gray: Retelling a Classic for the Modern Gaze’, based on Basu’s latest work, The Pictures of Darpan Ray. 14 Nov | 4 PM Register now: https://forms.gle/sTM9oTQPTM5Pg5BHA

ALT Join us for a very Suitable Conversation at @sundernursery with @samitbasu & @nilanjanaroy on ‘Black, White, and (Dorian) Gray: Retelling a Classic for the Modern Gaze’, based on Basu’s latest work, The Pictures of Darpan Ray. 14 Nov | 4 PM Register now: https://forms.gle/sTM9oTQPTM5Pg5BHA

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Set in a Bollywood transitioning between the multiplex and AI eras, this is a layered, dark, and wickedly funny story about friendship, ambition, and the monstrous machinery of modern stardom. @samitbasu's highly anticipated new novel, a contemporary reimagining of Oscar Wilde's classic - The Pictures of Darpan Ray - is officially arriving on the 5th of November, and you can you can preorder your copy right now! PRE-ORDER today: amzn.in/d/09UG7O1B
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Somewhere alone in an underground luxury bunker Modi is scrolling Neha Bora accounts and whimpering in fear
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Really enjoying this series!
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@RichaChadhaOct 2
youtu.be/hZqXPKRHe4s?si=lBV8… The 2nd episode of Musafiri has dropped! It’s about the oldest thing in Mumbai !
Mumbai's Hill: OLDEST in the World?! | Musafiri with Richa Chadha |...

Mumbai's Hill: OLDEST in the World?! | Musafiri with Richa Chadha |...

Among the dense neighbourhood of Andheri stands a geological wonder...

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Today's Mid-Day Daily Dossier very kindly gives Darpan an Entry
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What if Dorian Gray lived in today’s India? Dark, wickedly funny, and deeply unsettling—Samit Basu’s The Pictures of Darpan Ray brilliantly reimagines The Picture of Dorian Gray for a world obsessed with youth, beauty, art, and conformity. #ComingSoon
Samit Basu (@samitbasu) profile pictureSamit Basu@samitbasuSep 7
New novel alert! Out soon (by which I mean next month) from HarperCollins India. This is the cover, designed by the amazing Ramnika Sehrawat.
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Thank you for making it possible!
A Suitable Agency (@ASuitableAgency) profile pictureA Suitable Agency@ASuitableAgencySep 8
We’re delighted to announce that @samitbasu’s dazzling work of contemporary fiction, ‘The Pictures of Darpan Ray’ will be out in October 2026 by HarperCollins India, and we absolutely can’t wait for the world to read it.
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New novel alert! Out soon (by which I mean next month) from HarperCollins India. This is the cover, designed by the amazing Ramnika Sehrawat.
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Should be on shelves in a few weeks! Please spread the word, and I’ll share links and more as soon as they arrive. For more, please visit my newsletter.
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For readers outside India, there’s another announcement I hope to be making soon, about a different book with a different title, a different genre and a different pub date, because a Bollywood Dorian Gray retelling can’t be expected to take just a single form. More soon!
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Got to put all that judginess somewhere
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So happy to see Simoqin in this list aol.com/news/greatest-sci-fi…
The 100 best science fiction novels ever written, according to readers - AOL

The 100 best science fiction novels ever written, according to readers - AOL

Drawing from The New York Times Best Seller lists and Goodreads fan votes, Stacker has rounded up 100 of the best science fiction novels of all time.

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Popping up to remind you that the writing workshop's application deadlines are May end. Ok, return to your doomscroll. open.substack.com/pub/samit/…
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Congratulations and happy book birthday Lavanya!!
Lavanya Lakshminarayan | Interstellar MegaChef (@lavanya_ln) profile pictureLavanya Lakshminarayan | Interstellar MegaChef@lavanya_lnMar 10
INTERGALACTIC FEAST is out in North America! It’s the sequel to Interstellar MegaChef, with more Serenity Ko shenanigans, more secrets sneaking up on Saras… and all the food in the galaxy 🍩🚀 I’m super excited to be sharing this book with you! A 🧵 of gratitude! But first…
I’m standing against a plain light wall, holding a copy of Intergalactic Feast at chest height so the colorful space-themed cover faces the camera. I’ve got long, dark hair, and I’m wearing a navy lace top, light jeans, and red lipstick, looking directly at the camera with a small smile.

ALT I’m standing against a plain light wall, holding a copy of Intergalactic Feast at chest height so the colorful space-themed cover faces the camera. I’ve got long, dark hair, and I’m wearing a navy lace top, light jeans, and red lipstick, looking directly at the camera with a small smile.

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解説し、サミ・アフマド・カーン氏とSF評論家の海老原豊氏がSFの検討をします。SF小説家でNetflix映画でも知られるSamit Basu氏が、SF作家藤井太洋氏 @t_trace と対談します。週末の夜のインドSF対談。ぜひぜひご参加くださいませ！ keio-sfrdc.jp/archives/630

日印SF交流ワークショップ開催のお知らせ

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new newsletter: Future Tense short story link and a quick novel workshop update. samit.substack.com/p/new-nea…
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Had a really great time working with the editors at Future Tense on a new short story: What Would Akanda Do? out now in issues .org . It's a near-future story about a Bollywood star who signed away his likeness to AI, and now has some thoughts: issues.org/futuretensefictio…

What Would Akanda Do? | Future Tense Fiction

Samit Basu’s story examines deepfake technology, celebrities, and what happens when fame is weaponized as propaganda.

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Also, Moira Shourie's response essay to What Would Akanda Do? It's called The Dividing Towers of Mumbai. issues.org/futuretensefictio…
The Dividing Towers of Mumbai | Future Tense Fiction

The Dividing Towers of Mumbai | Future Tense Fiction

”Mumbai is a conjured-up city”: In the birthplace of Bollywood, different visions for a city’s future collide, writes Moira Shourie.

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