Science fiction

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Portalpettai is an illustrated mini-book about an interdimensional portal which opens at a women''s college in Uthiramerur, Tamil Nadu.

Available again in paperback, this study offers a rigorous critical re-reading of fictions of humanity, history, technology and postmodern culture.