by Nimai Verma | Oct 13, 2020 | Articles
“As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot.” ― John Lennon 1. She’s intelligent. The more books she reads, the more she knows about the world. Plus, she gives her mind a good workout daily which helps keep her sharp. Constant reading is also known to...
by Nimai Verma | Sep 29, 2020 | Articles
“In India, You Become An Engineer First And Then Figure What To Do With Your Life” -Adhitya Iyer If your dad’s a billionaire, and you are still to be educated,will you ever choose Delhi University over Oxford? Definitely not. Well, a lot of people...
by Nimai Verma | Sep 25, 2020 | Historical Fiction
This article addresses the relationship between fiction and the archive, between the historical novel and the historical sources that authors use to research, imagine, and write the scenes, characters, and setting making up the worlds of historical fiction. On the...
by Nimai Verma | Sep 23, 2020 | Historical Fiction
The Pre-History of Historical Fiction In 1895, George Saintsbury, a journalist, literary critic and renowned wine expert, published a book called The Historical Novel, which was one of the earliest sustained investigations of the genre. For Saintsbury the historical...
by Nimai Verma | Sep 22, 2020 | Historical Fiction
“Fiction is the truth inside the lie” -Stephen King Historical fiction is a genre of imaginative narratives set in the past, whose authors make a deliberate effort to convey chronologically remote settings, cultures and personages with accuracy, plausibility, and...
