The adventure

1. “You neither travelled to the past nor the future. You were in the present experiencing a
different world.”
Answer:
“You did not travel to the past or the future. You were in the present, but you were in a different
world.” These words were spoken by Rajendra Deshpande while attempting to explain his
strange experience to Professor Gaitonde. When the professor was involved in an accident, he
began to reflect on the Battle of Panipat and the consequences that occurred in his life. His
thoughts wandered between what we know about history and what might have been. The
professor was experiencing two worlds at the same time by thinking. According to the same
theory, there must be many more different worlds emerging from unrealistic thoughts.
2. “You have passed through a fantastic experience: or more correctly, a catastrophic
experience.”
Answer:
“You’ve had a fantastic experience, or, more accurately, a catastrophic experience.” Professor
Gaitonde was told by Rajendra Deshpande that he had an exciting experience. He claimed that
we lived in a one-of-a-kind world with a one-of-a-kind history. Gangadhar Pant’s mind jumped to
another world as a result of the accident, which was unrealistic. History took a different turn in
that world after the Marathas won the Battle of Panipat. Rajendra explained this using the
catastrophic theory, which holds that reality is full of misinterpretations.
3. Gangadharpant could not help comparing the country he knew with what he was witnessing
around him.
Answer:
“Gangadhar Pant couldn’t help but compare his home country to what he was seeing around
him.” Gangadhar Pant witnessed two different perspectives of the same reality, albeit one at a
time, during his extraordinary experience. The India he knew was described in history books as
the result of the 1761 Battle of Panipat, in which the Marathas were defeated. The other India he
saw was the result of the Marathas’ victory in the battle. In this version, he saw India as a
prosperous country that could meet its own needs.
4. “The lack of determinism in quantum theory!”
Answer:
It talks about quantum theory’s lack of determinism. If a bullet is fired from a gun in a specific
direction at a specific speed, one can predict where it will end up, but the same cannot be said
for an electron. When an electron is emitted by a source, it can come from anywhere. This is due
to quantum theory’s lack of determinism. According to this theory, reality is never one-sided. At
the same time, alternate worlds may exist.
5. “You need some interaction to cause a transition.”
Answer:
To cause a transition, some interaction is required. According to Rajendra Deshpande, Professor
Gaintonde made a change as a result of the interaction that occurred in the professor’s mind at
the time of the collision. The professor was thinking about catastrophic theory and its role in
wars at the time of the collision. He was thinking about the Battle of Panipat and its aftermath.
The transition was caused by the interaction in his brain.
is justified. He had not only helped the middle-aged lady in the safe delivery of a
male child but also restored them to perfect health. Susan Morgan’s strength was
ebbing after the delivery. She was almost pulse less. Andrew gave her an injection
and worked severely to strengthen her heart.
The major achievement of Andrew was to resuscitate the stillborn child. First, he laid
the child of a blanket and began the special method of respiration. Then he tried the
hot and cold water treatment dipping the baby alternately. He laboured in vain for
half an hour. He then made another last effort. He rubbed the child with a rough
towel. He went on pressing and releasing the baby’s little chest with both his hands.
At last the baby responded. His chest heaved. Andrew redoubled his efforts. The
child was gasping now. A bubble of mucus came from his tiny nostril. The pale skin
turned pink. His limbs became hard. Then came the child’s cry.
Andrew called upon God as witness of his act which was no less than a miracle. It
was not mere theoretical talk but a practical achievement—something real and solid.

Question 2:
‘There lies a great difference between textbook medicine and the world of a
practising physician.’ Discuss.
Answer:
Normally, the medicines prescribed in the textbooks are used by the practising
physicians. However, in extreme cases of emergency, the physician’s experience,
resourcefulness and practical approach become far more important than the
theoretical knowledge. For example, a victim of bum-injury, snakebite or suffocation
through drowning needs immediate help. The nearest available doctor may not have
all the facilities needed for the case. In such a situation first-aid is a must to save the
patient’s life before rushing him to the hospital for proper care. With limited
resources at his command, the practising physician exercises all his practical
experience to control the damage to the minimum and check the victim’s state from
further deterioration. A stitch in time does save nine in such cases. The practical
help comes as a boon.

Question 3:
Do you know of any incident when someone has been brought back to life from the
brink of death through medical help? Discuss medical procedures such as organ
transplant and organ regeneration that are used to save human life.
Answer:
Yes, I have seen and heard of incidents where people have been brought back to life
from the brink of death through medical help. Surgical operations, life saving drugs
and organ transplant play a leading role in modem medical science. Leading
hospitals in advanced countries have facilities for medical procedures such as organ
transplant and organ regeneration. Blood bank and eye bank are quite common.
Nowadays people willingly donate various organs of their body to the hospitals after
their death. The techniques of organ regeneration help to preserve them for certain
period and use them for transplanting the defective organ of another patient.
Nowadays eye, heart, kidney and liver are being transplanted. The time is not far off
when artificial human organs will be made in laboratories from non-human sources.