The Goa nightclub fire that took more lives of the vulnerable shut in a concrete bunker of a kitchen than that of patrons who managed to flee is yet another instance of what disregarding rules can lead to, especially when fireworks are allowed to be part of the entertainment without the most minor fire safety precautions in place

xSo ingrained is India and Indians’ disdain for regulations and contempt for safety measures that there is always a tragedy waiting to happen. And a sense of fatalism takes over the moment disaster strikes even if the cause is so easily traceable to human negligence.

The Goa nightclub fire that took more lives of the vulnerable shut in a concrete bunker of a kitchen than that of patrons who managed to flee is yet another instance of what disregarding rules can l

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