Science and Literature-

The Connection (The

Adventure)
Modern Delhi Public School Sec-87

Project Work-

Name: Shivansh Sengar

Roll No.: 29
Admission No.: F1653
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gratitude towards other faculty members, my parents
and my friends for their valuable suggestions given to
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 Index
Summary of the Adventure……………………………………….1

Theme of “The

Adventure”…………………………………………….2 Experience

of Prof. Gationde…………………………………….3

Catastrophe theory and

possibilities of parallel universes
………………………………………………………………….4
 Summary
The story centers on a certain historical event with
the Historian, Gangadharpant, being the protagonist.
This story is written by Jayant Narlikar and shows us
how Gangadharpant aka Professor Gaitonde, time
travels. It begins with the professor wondering about
the fate of India if the Marathas had not alowed a
concession to the East India Company to stay in
Mumbai. He believes this step and the error of
Maratha soldiers during the battle of Panipat cost a
great deal. As he is reading from the Bakhar about
Vishasrao narrow escape in the battle against Abdali,
he meets with an accident. Thus, the transitions from
one world to another and through this story we
learn about his new world he transitions into. It is a
great lesson with the perfect blend of history and
science.
 Theme of the chapter
The lesson Adventure of class 11th revolves arounda
particular historic event, Gangadharpant Gaitonde. It
shows how Professor Gaitonde wonders about the
fate of India if the Marathas had not been alowed
any relief to stay in Bombay by the East India
Company. He believes that this step had laid an
impact on them.
The transition from one world
or one event to another
with
the perfect blend of history
and science would make the
readers more fascinated about it. Jayantwrote this in
a very interesting way and gave all of usto enjoy the
time travels and experience those things we have
never imagined. This the main theme about which the
story revolves.
 Prof. Gaitonde’s Experience
In this chapter, we find that a historian, Professor
Gaitonde somehow time-travels into the past. Upon
going in the past, he experiences something which
was never there before. He finds himself in the city
of Mumbai that he had never
witnessed.
The Mumbai he is
presently in is very
different from it
actually is. He gets down at the Victoria Terminus
Station where he finds it to be very clean,
surprisingly. The coaches of the train read out
‘Greater Bombay Metropolitan Railway’. Moreover, the
staffs were of Anglo-Indians and a few British
officers. Upon getting off the station, Gaitonde saw
the East India Company Headquarters. Similarly, there
were buildings of mainly
British brands and British banks. In fact, his son’s
workplace of Forbes was not even there. Thus, in
order to solve the riddle, he went to the Library and
read about the battle of Panipat. Upon reading, he
finds out the details to be different from actually
happened. In fact, he also reads that the British rule
never made it to India which surprised him.
After the visit to the
library, he visited the
Azad Maidan and got
into a fight over
there with the
audience.
After being thrown
off
stage, Gaitonde came out ofhis time-travel experience
and was lying unconscious in Azad Maidan. Thus, he
visits Professor Deshpande to get an explanation.
Upon his visit, he learns that he met with an
accident. After which he learns, through Deshpande,
about reality being different from through our
senses. Thus, the reality we live in can have many
manifestations or dimensions.
 Catastrophe Theory and
its possibilities of parallel
universes
After the visit to the library, he visited the Azad
Maidan and got into a fight over there with the
audience. After being thrown off stage, Gaitonde came
out of his time- travel experience and was lying
unconscious in Azad Maidan. Thus, he visits Professor
Deshpande to get an explanation. Upon his visit, he
learns about reality being different from through our
senses. Thus, the reality we live in can have many
manifestations or dimensions.
So, physicists believe that there are many worlds
existing other than the ones we see through our
senses. Moreover, he explains that Gaitonde
transitioned into another world as he was presently
in a coma due to an accident. Similarly, as the last
thing he was thinking
about was the battle of Panipat, he went to that era
only and what he sawwas all in his mind.
The torn page showed the crucial event gone the
other way. Rajendra said that reality may not be
unique. It has been found fromexperiments on very
small systems of atoms and their particles. There is
lack of determinism in quantum theory. So there may
be many world pictures. All the alternative
worlds could exist just the
same, though we know
the
world which we are
tsiatluati
kingons offer
a
di bfferent
out. alternatives for the world to proceed.
radically
Catastrophic
So far as reality is concerned all alternatives are
viable, but the observer can experience only one of
them at a time. By making a transition, Prof. Gaitonde
was able to experience two worlds although one at
a time—one he lived in then and the one where he
spent two days. He was experiencing a different
world though he was in the
present. Gangadharpant asked why he had made the
transition. Rajendra replied that one needed some
interaction to cause a transition. Perhaps he was
thinking about the catastrophic theory and its role in
war, or he was wondering about the Battle of
Panipat. Perhaps the neurons in his brain acted as
trigger. Professor Gaitonde admitted that he had been
wondering what course history would have taken if
the result of the battle had gone the other way.