Bangalution - Survival of the fittest

In this age of forwarded SMSes, we receive the same thing from many people. One such forward was “India is a funny country where pizza arrives faster than an ambulance”. The same message was given to us in the runaway hit “3 idiots” where the lady in black & white is informed that ambulance can reach only after 90 minutes. The above forward mentions only of the ambulance but the message is related to all emergency services.

An average pizza delivery time is 30-40 minutes. Bangalore (Bengaluru for all those who prefer it that way) in all its efficiency has proved the above statement wrong. A fire emergency in the heart of Bangalore (or Bengaluru again) and fire department reached there in 30 minutes. I wish somebody in this building had ordered a pizza the same time when somebody approached the fire department. We would have had a proof to the efficiency & speed of response. This is quite an achievement and the fire department needs to be recognized for it. Kudos team!!

Some people in this building seemed to be in a hurry and jumped out of the window. The fall was fatal as expected. What else can we expect to happen if someone jumps out of 4^th or 5^th floor of a building? Little did these people know that a human body takes 60-90 minutes to turn to ashes on a pyre! There the body is on fire; here they were not sleeping on the fire.

Somebody should have advised them that in 30 minutes few layers of skin can burnt. These layers of skin would have died and disposed in a matter of few months as a natural process. Fire would only hasten this process.

The only problem would have been the smoke. But don’t we take in smoke everyday. Smokers take it directly others take it passively. In addition to that we have millions of vehicles giving out gallons of smoke every minute of every day. Our lungs are used to taking in smoke. All they had to do was enjoy the smoke without having to pay for the cigarette.

If these people had waited for 30 minutes enjoying the smoke and shedding those dead skin layers, then the fire department would have arrived with media and saved them.

This is such a good example of awareness and preparedness. People need to be aware that emergency always needs to wait a minimum of 30 minutes to get response. Darwin’s theory of evolution is most applicable here. The least one can do in a high class city like Bangalore (Bengaluru again) is to thicken their skin for bearing the heat and prepare their lungs by smoking regularly. If Darwin was alive then he would have called this as “Bangalore evolution” or “Bangalution”

If only those 7 people were ‘Bangaluted’ enough then they would be alive and would be with their loved ones. But they were weak and the world doesn’t support the weak. No wonder, our beloved CM or other politicians have not bothered to even give out a statement forget condolences.