The Adventure

Professor Gaitonde enters a world where

Professor Gaitonde enters a world where the Marathas won the Battle of Panipat, so the political and social development of India is very different fro

The Battle of Panipat becomes

The Battle of Panipat becomes the point where history changes direction. In the alternate world, Vishwasrao survives, the Marathas win, and Abdali is

Rajendra Deshpande explains Gaitonde's experience through

Rajendra Deshpande explains Gaitonde's experience through catastrophe theory and the many-worlds idea from quantum theory. He suggests that Gaitonde e

Rajendra compares an electron with

Rajendra compares an electron with a bullet to show that the motion of very small particles cannot be predicted with certainty, unlike ordinary object

Because the Marathas win

Because the Marathas win, their power grows, the East India Company is reduced to pockets of influence, and political power develops differently in la