- ‘Gangadharpant could not help comparing the country he knew with what he was witnessing around him.’
- “The lack of determinism in quantum theory!”.
- “You have passed through a fantastic experience: or more correctly, a catastrophic experience.”
- “You need some interaction to cause a transition.”
- “You neither travelled to the past nor the future. You were in the present experiencing a different world.”
- A single event may change the course of the history of a nation.
- Compare the interweaving of fantasy and reality in the stories ‘The Third Level’ and ‘The Adventure’.
- Describe the conversation between Professor Gaitonde and Khan Sahib about the place they had to go.
- Describe the encounter between Gaitonde and Khan Sahib?
- Describe what Gaitonde read about the battle of Panipat in the library of the Town Hall? What were the immediate consequences?
- Gangadhar Pant could not help comparing the country he knew with what he was witnessing around him. Elucidate.
- How did the shops and office buildings along Horny Road differ from those he knew well?
- How did the victory in the battle of Panipat affect the balance power?
- How does Rajendra Deshpande try to rationalize the experience of Professor Gaitonde about his transition to another world and back?
- Reality is what is directly experienced through the senses.
- The methods of inquiry of history, science and philosophy are similar.
- The story is called ‘The Adventure’. Compare it with the adventure described in ‘We’re Not Afraid to Die….’
- What do you think made Rajendra realize that facts can be stranger than fantasies?
- What do you understand by, ‘The lack of determinism in quantum theory ‘?
- What led Professor Gaitonde to believe that ‘history has taken a different turn’ perhaps before 1857?
- Why do you think Professor Gaitonde decided never to preside over meetings again?
