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Zain Memon is a visionary game designer and transmedia creator who pioneered South Asia’s modern tabletop renaissance.

His political strategy board game SHASN is India's most played modern tabletop game. It has won IndieCade’s Social Impact Award and reached players in over 70 countries. Its sequel SHASN: AZADI, hailed as the "blueprint for semi-cooperative game design," became the first tabletop game honored by Games for Change. Memon has established games as transformative learning systems through his approach to play as pedagogy.

Memon spearheaded ElseVR, India's first VR journalism platform, partnering with UN, Oxfam, and Amnesty International. He produced the internationally celebrated documentary An Insignificant Man and Disney+ sci-fi
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MAYA by Anand  Gandhi
"I listened to the audiobook of this and I must say: Hugo Weaving was the perfect choice for narrator. He is both soothing and captivating, and breathes life into the story and lends to its richness and complexity.

It takes about 45ish minutes of liste" Read more of this review »
MAYA by Anand  Gandhi
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MAYA by Anand  Gandhi
"I judge a work by the new eyes it leaves me with. To that end, Maya is a literary hallucinogen of the highest order. I'll keep my review spoiler-free, because I think going in blind will be the best narrative experience of this decade.

I'll go through" Read more of this review »
MAYA by Anand  Gandhi
"Thanks to NetGalley for the advance copy.

MAYA: Seed Takes Root is one of the most inventive and deeply layered books I’ve encountered in a long time. The world-building here is second to none, packed with fascinating ideas, from trees that facilitat" Read more of this review »
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“When you gaze into Maya, it gazes back into you.”
Zain Memon, MAYA: Seed Takes Root

“You never get used to dying, no matter how many times you wake up from it.”
Zain Memon, MAYA: Seed Takes Root

“A spark ignites a flame. A flame starts a fire, a fire becomes an inferno. A chain reaction is beautiful, but even more so is the spark's innocence.”
Zain Memon, MAYA: Seed Takes Root

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