‘To Learn from Nature, not to Exploit Her : Discerning Postcolonial Green Speculations in Vandana Singh s Indira s Web and Widdam

As a new generation of writers and artists from the Global South deal with effects human-caused environmental damage climate change, they rely heavily on science fiction fantasy as genre to show most important parts Anthropocene. Due geographical peculiarity history colonial past, experiences inequitable Anthropocene compared North. Therefore, speculative demands critical interpretation contextualized in geopolitics North South. The paper discusses manner which anchors ecological consciousness narratives further strives depict specific traits SF that make it different SF. This study intends investigate two short stories, Indira’s Web Widdam, by an Anglophone writer, Vandana Singh. demonstrates how Singh’s firstly, subvert hegemony western sciences legitimizing indigenous knowledge systems scientific, rational, eco-friendly, and, secondly, criticize need for technological neo-colonial advancements at cost our environment. With analysis these would be argued postcolonial futuristic not only acts tool question anthropocentrism but also functions appropriate literary form enunciating crises change affecting