THE ADVENTURE
Professor Gaitonde being an eminent historian was much in demand for presiding over public functions. He was so popular that he decided that his 1000 th speech would be on history and he would speak on the Battle of Panipat. However, for his 999 th he was invited to speak on the ‘Catastrophe Theory’ in the Dept. of Mathematics in Poona University. Gangadharpanth had readily agreed to preside over the function but wanted to know about the Catastrophe Theory. He was enlightened by Rajendra Deshpande who explained to him that history could take a different turn if the tide turned during a battle. This interested Gangadharpanth who enjoyed the seminar and was thinking about chairing the 1000 th seminar on Panipath. That is when the truck driver’s helper cried – ‘Baju Hato!’ followed by the truck’s horn. However, the truck gave a glancing blow to Gangadharpanth. When the truck driver and the helper jumped out to looked for him, they could not find him. He had sim...