“What if India & Pakistan Had Joined Forces To Fight A War Against The British Empire”: The thrilling sub-genre of Alternate History (Part I)
One of my favourite genres is ‘alt-hist’. Or, to spell it out, Alternate History. It’s often considered a sub-genre of Science Fiction, or, as some people prefer to call it, Speculative Fiction. That’s because, most of the early alternate history stories were first published under the SF genre, the theory being, I guess, that SF [...]
My Wife’s Murdergascar: (Definitely Not) A Review of Ramu Picture wallah’s latest fiasco
One of my quirks is an unconscionable tendency to deliberately mispronounce words, especially titles of movies and books, names of celebs, and even song lyrics. I do this so routinely that at home they’re used to deciphering my weird mispronunciations. So, for instance, to give you some recent examples, Parineeta becomes Perinatal, My Wife’s Murder [...]
