Tambda rassa? No. It is tabula rasa! Election officials in Jalgaon district have been using the concept of tabula rasa, which can be traced back to the writings of Aristotle, to promote the importance of voting in elections. Armed with a stack of blank A4 sheets, mid-day on Monday visited a drive at a local college where students had fun while learning about elections.

The idea
Tabula rasa or blank slate in Latin refers to the notion that when born humans, entire lack built-in mental content, and that later perceptions or sensory experiences are the sources of all knowledge. The concept was first developed by the 4th century BCE Greek philosopher Aristotle and refined and expanded upon by subsequent thinkers, including Ibn Sina, René Descartes and Sigmund Freud, through the ages.