The convergent evolution of fiction
As incredulous as it seems, a curious set of coincidences tie Terminator, Doraemon and Umro Ayyar together
KARACHI:
Picture this premise. You go about your life in routine fashion completely unaware of a catastrophe you are destined to suffer. That is until someone from the future whose fate is tied to yours sends back a robot to protect you. Safeguarding you from that impending disaster will change the life of your future benefactor for the better. But in choosing the right robot saviour, the latter must account for his or her own constraints. The only automaton he or she can send back is an outdated or defective one in the context of that point in time.