It seems the idiocy of my countrymen will continue to escalate till it overwhelms living consciousness of the living world.

So two nights ago, my sister Min and I drove off to the ATM.

It was 2245, Gurudwara Road was fairly empty and dark, with but a couple of street-lights illuminating all.

A man was riding a scooter, about 40 feet in front of our car when suddenly, a stray dog ran across the road. The man was unable to brake in time and his scooter hit the dog and fell, skidding several feet. The man crashed on the ground and rolled several times and lay still. (Yes, yes, that mangy mutt was alive and ran away whining, apparently unhurt.)

I stopped the car and raced to him. In those few seconds, several men - mostly sardars - came running from the nearby gurudwara and gathered around me and started to lift up the fallen man.

I: *Was pushed to edge of the circle and was getting MIGHTILY ANGRY that some of them were jostling me.*

I: Wait, take off his helmet! He should get to breathe better!

Surds: *Fob me off with a 'No, no, that is all right'*

Surds: *Loudly started urging the moaning man to get up and try and walk*

I: WTF! WHAT ABOUT BROKEN BONES!?!??!

Surds: *Ignore my first-aid tip, again* *Remove helmet, thankfully*

Surds: *Nearly drag the fellow to his feet and try holding him up*

Meanwhile
Finger-pointing cow in crowd: These dogs are a menace
Corroborrative yoick in crowd: Yes, someone should do something about these dogs.
Armchair Anarchist Asshole in crowd: The Government should round these dogs up. It does nothing. Someone should do something about the Government.
Priceless git in crowd: Yes, these dogs are such a problem.
Captain Obvious(ly) Idiotic in crowd: They are always barking and creating a row.
Pointlessly Existing Sow in Crowd: They really scare me

I: Um. Man. Accident. Hospital?

Meanwhile
Surds to Man: Get up, get up, try walking. You must try walking else you will freeze.

I: ... frostbite? What?

One surd: No-no, madam, you know clot-shot will form, no?

I: W.T.F.F.?!? WHERE?

One surd: Oh, in legs-knees, you know na ji?

I: *Overdosed on W-T-F*

I: *Watch surds walk man to kerb and seat him*

I: *Very wary of letting man into my car because 2245 + two chicks in their night-suits + injured man + possibly another man or two = NOT SO GOOD FOR SAFETY*

I: *Peered around for an auto-rickshaw to take injured man to a hospital and found none*

I: *Returned to car and explained situation to Min* Should we take him? I don't know what the hell these idiots are doing to him

Min: OF COURSE! I thought you went there for that

I: *Raced to the kerb* Please, can you lift him and put him in the backseat of my car? We'll take him to Jeevan Mala or Ganga Ram Hospital. They have ERs

One Surd: No, no, madam, not necessary, we called his home. Someone is coming.

I: Who is? Where are they coming from? Where does he live?

One surd: His son is coming from Ashok Vihar.

I: *Jaw-drop because ASHOK VIHAR IS FUCKING 35 OR SO MINUTES FROM THIS PLACE!*

I: That's all right, we can still take him to the hospital, you can call his son and tell him to reach the hospital, instead.

One Pissy Surd: *starts YELLING at me* WHAT FOR? THEY WILL INVOLVE THE POLICE AND KEEP HIM THERE FOR HOURS

I: Arrey! He should get medical attention because he hit his head!

One Pissy Surd: *continues YELLING at me* THE POLICE WILL JUST EXTORT MONEY FROM HIM. WHAT NONSENSE YOU ARE SAYING! HE IS HURT! HE DOES NOT NEED POLICE.

I: *OH MY GOD HOW DID I NOT HURL ABUSES AT THE FUCKER?!?* *SMACK MY PALMS TOGETHER IN AN SEMI-INSULTING NAMASHKAR* LISTEN HERE, UNCLE, I AM JUST SUGGESTING THAT THIS MAN BE TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL AND I WILL DO IT, ALL RIGHT? KEEP YOUR COOL, YOU HEAR?

One surd: *shushes that ass-without-a-hole-which-is-why-he-was-so-full-of-shit* Madam, actually he is drunk so let us let his son get here. What had happened, madam?

I: *Taken VERY aback because we had been driving behind the man for nearly a minute and he had not made any moves that, well, reeked of being inebriated* Okay, so bla bla bla, that's what happened.

I: *Realised that the surds had monopolised the man and I couldn't get my way, so walked back to the car*

Onlooker of Idiocy: Really, those dogs have made life hell.
Onlooker of bloody stupidity: They always bark at everyone - we are scared of them.
Onlooker of sheer WTF: Yes, look, there they are. They may even attack us as they attacked this man.

I: *Escaped from the Stupid into the car and ranted about Life, The Universe and Everything to Min*

In conclusion,
1. Broken bones and concussions are secondary considerations - it's important that an accidented person does not "freeze".
2. Dogs, even stray dogs, are far more important than a freshly-accidented person.
3. Asshats are legion and it's a lost battle when there are so many of them.
4. WHO CAN DARE DISTURB THIS UNIVERSE?!?!?
5. Please never let me have an accident on Delhi roads and have people like this take charge of me!

Hope the bloke's alive and all right-ish. Sheesh.