September 2026

नाणं आधीच ठरलेलं

नाणं आधीच ठरलेलं अनिश्चितता – नशीब आणि जुगार-निर्णय यातला फरक द्रौपदीच्या स्वयंवरानंतर युधिष्ठिर राजा झाला होताच. त्याला उद्ध्वस्त केलं ते फासे (डाईस) चा एक डाव. तो हरला कारण संधी समसमान होती आणि नशीब उलटं फिरलं – असं नाही. तो हरला कारण त्यानं एक ठरवून टाकलेला (rigged) डाव खरा समजला -जुने चुलतभाऊ, जुनी वैरं, आणि शकुनीचे

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dr. sameer paltewar

The Loaded Coin On uncertainty, luck, and the difference between a bet and a belief

The Loaded Coin on uncertainty, luck, and the difference between a bet and a belief Draupadi’s swayamvara had already made Yudhishthira a king. What undid him was a game of dice. He did not lose because the odds were roughly even and fortune turned against him. He lost because he mistook a rigged contest for

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