Those who've relished sci-fi fantasies by HG Wells and George Orwell, among other 19th and 20th century fiction writers, may have observed that as much as their worlds appeared far-fetched and strangely exaggerated for their times, it's now very much part of our living reality. Archaeologist and historian Dr Kurush Dalal will delve deeper into stories of how fantasy became fact, at a new talk inspired by the ongoing exhibition Asymmetrical Objects at Dr Bhau Daji Lad Mumbai City Museum.