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1. ‘The Adventure’ is an eclectic mix of mystery, science and fantasy. Elaborate.

3. The aftermath of The Battle of Panipat was different in the alternative universe as experienced by
Gaitonde. Elucidate.
 Answers

1. ‘The Adventure’ is an eclectic mix of mystery, science and fantasy. Elaborate.

• - When Professor Gaitonde hit by the truck…. thinking of the possibilities of India’s fate if the
Marathas had won the third Battle of Panipat
• - With the collision...his brain got mislaid…some neurons got misplaced
• - He ventured into a different India where a different government...different currency…. different culture
existed
• - The Marathas had won the third battle of Panipat… there was no Congress…no Gandhiji…No British
Raj (they could occupy only Bombay) and no Independence
• - Physicist friend Rajendra tried to explain the transition… the lack of determinism in quantum theory

3. The aftermath of The Battle of Panipat was different in the alternative universe as experienced by
Gaitonde. Elucidate.
• - In the Alternative universe...Marathas won… morale boosted
• - The East India Company temporarily shelved its Expansionist Programme
• - Increased influence of Bhausaheb and Vishvasrao
• - The Peshwas’ influence expanded
• - The Puppet Mughal regime …alive in Delhi
• - Dawn of technological age in Europe…their own centers of science and technology
• - The twentieth century democratic India …changed …inspired by West
• - India democratic…no slavery…self-reliant...no slavery to Whites
• - British allowed to retain Delhi …the sole outpost...purely commercial reasons
• - The Shahenshah of Delhi… just a rubber stamp