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Tuesday, 2 September 2008
Dangers and Safety Nets
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As per the Times of India count of Monsoon related deaths in Mumbai (154 this rainy season and counting), this fine city saw 12 dengue victims and 46 malaria cases admitted to hospitals within 24 hours. That in itself is nothing unusual. Dengue, Malaria and Chikungunya are simply not funny; all three are around, and all three are transmitted by mosquitos.
This, together with the observation that there were more and more mosquitos in my place and that I already had a fair number of bites, was reason enough for me to venture out and try to procure a net to put over my bed. Strangely enough, I drew a complete blank. Not a single shop I visited was able to sell me a mosquito net, even more, all these shopowners did not really understand my point. Why would anybody want to have one? Firangi whimp...
I can only speculate why Bombay's consumers simply can't be bothered. It may be what I consider a rather distorted perception of risks to one's life and limb in general, or it may be that these people are simply to preoccupied with, well, perhaps Dhat Syndrome (you will have to check this out!).
Eventually, it was the internet that saved my life: www.kwalitynets.com (run by an extremely helpful Mr. Prakash Kajaria) tailored me an excellent box-shaped net within 48 hours and delivered it to my office for a total of Rs. 1,600/-.
I can only hope that my fellow lost souls, anxiously roaming the streets of Bombay and the pages of the www in desperate attempts to get some mesh betwen their mortal coils and the vectors of death, find this link and Prakash - he deserves it.
As per the Times of India count of Monsoon related deaths in Mumbai (154 this rainy season and counting), this fine city saw 12 dengue victims and 46 malaria cases admitted to hospitals within 24 hours. That in itself is nothing unusual. Dengue, Malaria and Chikungunya are simply not funny; all three are around, and all three are transmitted by mosquitos.
This, together with the observation that there were more and more mosquitos in my place and that I already had a fair number of bites, was reason enough for me to venture out and try to procure a net to put over my bed. Strangely enough, I drew a complete blank. Not a single shop I visited was able to sell me a mosquito net, even more, all these shopowners did not really understand my point. Why would anybody want to have one? Firangi whimp...
I can only speculate why Bombay's consumers simply can't be bothered. It may be what I consider a rather distorted perception of risks to one's life and limb in general, or it may be that these people are simply to preoccupied with, well, perhaps Dhat Syndrome (you will have to check this out!).
Eventually, it was the internet that saved my life: www.kwalitynets.com (run by an extremely helpful Mr. Prakash Kajaria) tailored me an excellent box-shaped net within 48 hours and delivered it to my office for a total of Rs. 1,600/-.
I can only hope that my fellow lost souls, anxiously roaming the streets of Bombay and the pages of the www in desperate attempts to get some mesh betwen their mortal coils and the vectors of death, find this link and Prakash - he deserves it.
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