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Bathing
is like blogging and blogging is like bathing. ‘Bath’ and ‘Blog’ both are
four letter words. Both don’t start with ‘f’, and none of them is a taboo. Blogging
and bathing both require solitude to perform. It is an accepted norm that bathing and blogging is done at home and never in office. Both require you to
open-up. You need to open up to take bath, and you need to open-up your mind to
Blog.
Here
is more on why bathing and blogging are same……
Both Bathing and Blogging have
a history,
The stone-age ‘blogs’ on cave-walls,
Stones, and tree-barks are no mystery!
The pre-historic baths were done in ponds and
lakes,
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not necessarily endorse all the information provided in it.
The following
post is part of a campaign sponsored by the mentioned company. I have written
this post as a challenge for my skills of articulation and creativity and do
not necessarily endorse all the information provided in it.
They ruled large parts of Europe and Asia. They
hunted, ate, bred and lived in families. They had already started to
socialized, make tools, cook food, and do thing better.
They started doing all the good things which were
going to help them survive better as a species, like living in families, forming
groups, hunting in groups, and harnessing nature’s powers like fire.
Neanderthals were far better than the Homo sapiens in
every aspect. They had bigger bodies, bigger brains, better muscles, better
height, better eyesight, a far, far
better smelling power, and most importantly, a bigger brain. They were all
set to leave the Homo sapiens far behind in the race of evolution. They were
all set to be crowned as earth’s number one species who would rule over all
other species, including Homo sapiens.
They did all good
things accept one.They did not take bath.
Somehow, their genes did not make them feel like
having bath. A Neanderthal’s typical day began with pooping, eating, running,
screaming, hunting, fighting, lovemaking, sleeping, and sometimes singing and
dancing too, but never included bathing. It’s a mystery why it was so, but so
it was.
‘Bath’ was a four letter word in their society. Although
it didn’t start with the letter ‘f’, yet it was a taboo.
The Neanderthal race flourishes and started spreading
all over Europe and Asia. It seemed to be just a matter of time before they
took over the world.
At the same time, a species similar to Neanderthals,
‘the Homo sapiens’ also developed
over a small region in Africa. Their number was very small as compared to the
Neanderthals.
The Neanderthals hunted, and hunted well. They preyed
on every species found on earth and ate them. They not only hunted the deer and
rabbits, but tigers, leopards, and the lions too. Their strong body was built
to hunt. Their keen sense of smell was
their asset. Neanderthals’ sense of smell was way better than any of the
animals they hunted and that gave them strategic advantage in hunting. They
could smell a tiger from hundreds of meters away before the tiger could smell them.
The Neanderthals would pinpoint the location of their prey by its smell, gang up against it and pounce on it before it could react.
The extra-ordinarily powerful sense of smell made Neanderthals excellent hunters
On the other hand, no animal could prey on
Neanderthals. Even if a tiger or a lion came within a few hundred meters of a
Neanderthal, the Neanderthal would know by the tiger's scent, exactly where it was. He would
either get away from the tiger or kill it before it pounced on him. The
Neanderthals, and not the tigers, were the kings of the jungle.
No wonder the Neanderthal race flourished, helped
with the nature’s gifts bestowed on them, including their olfactory prowess.
However, nature’s ways are strange. With time,
strange things happened in Neanderthals’ evolutionary process. And their habit
of staying away from bathing played a vital role in this.
With time the earth’s climate became warmer. As the
climate became warmer, the Neanderthals sweat glands became more active to help
keep their bodies cool. But with this, came the foul smell. Their sweated bodies
started to smell horrible. And since the Neanderthals did not bathe, their
bodies used to emanate foul smell all the time.
And with this, two things happened-
First, the nature came forward to protect the
Neanderthals from their own body stench. The nature has creative ways of doing
her work. The stench from a Neanderthal’s body bothered not only him but his
family and fellows too. The nature
kicked-off an evolutionary process over the next few generations, weakening the
Neanderthals’ sense of smell, to help them tolerate the
smelly surroundings created by themselves. With time, the Olfactory bulbs
located in the temporal lobes of their brains (part of brain which gives the
sense of smelling), shrunk in size, and with this, shrunk their sense of smell.
(A scientific evidence of this phenomenon has
been recorded in the history here).
With time, the Neanderthals' sense of smell diminished
Although the Neanderthals’ diminished sense of smell helped
them to tolerate their and their fellows’ foul smell, yet it had some
unwarranted consequences.
The entire world was nothing but a jungle at that
time. The Neanderthals’ keen sense of smell was their advantage in advantage in
surviving in the jungle, and especially in hunting. The earth was full with
predatory animals, ready to prey on anyone and everyone who couldn’t protect
himself from them. Having lost their smelling prowess, they lost a natural
advantage which helped them in hunting.
Secondly, the strong stench emanating from their
bodies helped the predators find them easily. This made the matters worse. Now
they were an easy prey for all other predatory animals. Wherever they went,
their smell revealed their presence to the predatory animals. The tigers,
lions, and even the bears or pack of wolves would attack and finish them.
Soon the Neanderthals’ numbers started to shrink.
They were on the verge of extinction.
In nutshell, all
this happened because the Neanderthals did not bathe and bore an awful smell.
The nature’s evolutionary process had suppressed their sense of smell to help
them cope with their own smell.
All this happened because they did not bathe.
On the other hand, a similar species called Homo sapiens
had a strange ritual called ‘Bathing’. Homo sapiens went
everyday to some source of water like a pond, or river, or a spring and take a
dip into water. They played in water, rubbed their bodies, made strange
gestures, sometimes sang too, and in general, looked happy doing this. The
whole ritual was called ‘Bathing’ in their language.
In due course of time, the Homo sapiens started using
some scrubs such as stones, tree barks, sea-shells which they rubbed on their
skin while bathing.
The ritual of bathing was considered very important
among Homo sapiens. They would miss on eating or lovemaking, but would never
miss on the bathing. The elders in the tribe inculcated in the young ones, a
deep sense of respect towards the ritual of bathing, from a very young
age.
This strange habit of Homo sapiens bestowed them with
unexpected advantages which helped them to survive better as a race. First, their clean bodies bore hardly any smell.
This made very difficult for the predators to prey on them.Without any signature smell, no predator
could sense their presence.
And secondly, bathing and lack of body smell resulted
in further enhancement of sense of smell in Homo sapiens. Over time, Homo
sapiens developed much stronger than their counterpart Neanderthals. This
happened because of nature’s evolutionary process. Lack of smell from their own
bodies encouraged the evolutionary process to enhance their sense of smell. The
law of evolution works like this- if you need to see in the dark (like the
nocturnal animals), the evolutionary process would make your eyes extremely
sensitive to light, capable of seeing in the dark. In the same way, when there
was no smell or very little smell, the evolutionary process tried to enhance
the sense of smelling to be able to detect the little scents available around.
In Homo sapiens, the size of Olfactory
bulbs located in the temporal lobes of Homo sapiens’ brains (part of brain
which gives the sense of smelling), increased in size, enhancing their sense of
smell. The evolution happened over generations, but it did happen.
The evolutionary process enhanced the sense of smell in Homo sapiens Image courtesy wikipedia
Armed with the enhanced sense of smell, the Homo
sapiens survived well in the jungle called ‘the earth’.
And they survived well. Their clean bodies gave a
nice natural odour which attracted males and females towards the opposite sex.
The pleasant natural scent of bathed and cleaned skin signifying cleanliness
and disease-free status, encouraged the males and females to come together
physically, and indulge in an important biological process which was later
called ‘copulating’ or ‘love making’. The Homo sapiens’ clean, pleasantly smelling bodies encouraged
frequent lovemaking among them, which helped increase their population
exponentially over the next few hundred years.
The Homo sapiens' clean, naturally scented bodies encouraged more lovemaking, leading to excellerated growth of populationImage courtesy deviantart
Thus the Homo sapiens, gifted with the ritual of
bathing, flourished; and flourished well.
While in one part of world the Neanderthals, captive
of their own habit of not bathing, were dying, being predated by other animals,
then on another part of world the Homo sapiens started flourishing and spreading
over newer and newer areas of earth.
Soon the Neanderthals became extinct, and the Homo
sapiens took over the entire earth.
(A scientific evidence of this phenomenon has been
recorded in the history here).
All this happened
because the Homo sapiens bathed and the Neanderthals didn’t.
The Homo sapiens survived. while the Neanderthals became extincts Image courtesy bbc
With the growth of civilization, the Homo sapiens, or
the humans as they are called today, invented new means of bathing which
ensured a hygienic, refreshing and pleasant experience. Invention of Racold water heater was one
of them. With the advent of Racold
water heaters, the ritual of bathing underwent a revolutionary change. Now the
seasons like winter or the time of the day like morning, evening, night etc. did not deter the humans from undergoing the all-important
ritual of bathing.
The beginning of Racold Age in the history of human civilization brought historical advancements in bathing rituals
The humans armed with Racold and their insuppressible
desire to take bath, are on an
accelerated path of progress, poised to spread their species beyond the earth, on
other planets, galaxies and may be all over the universe. And the time when all
this is happening, is recorded as the ‘Racold Age’ in the history of human civilization.
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The two nations were at war. The two battalions were
locked in a fierce battle. Today was the fourth day of battle, but no side was
ready to move behind by an inch.
The nation A’s battalion was stronger in number, 500
men against the 50 of nation B. But the nation B had a strategic advantage.
They were at a higher elevation and were surrounding the nation B’s battalion.
That’s why they had been able to engage A’s battalion for four days despite
being small in numbers.
The battle went fiercer and fiercer, with bullets
raining, grenades exploding, rockets flying and hitting the enemy bunkers.
Balls of fire rose to the sky. Smoke engulfed everything. Soldiers on both
sides were high on adrenalin, full with patriotic feelings. They changed
positions, played hide and seek, shot at the enemy at first opportunity, and
were ready to lay their lives for their country.
A’s numbers and B’s strategic advantage made the
battle equal. No one had budged from his position for last 4 days. Nobody knew
how long this will continue.
Then they started running of ammunition; on both
sides. First they ran out of rockets, then grenades, then finally even the
bullets.
There was silence for a few minutes. Both understood
that the other one had run out of ammunition. But this was a bad news for B. Because
in war, once the ammunition gets finished, close proximity battle would starts.
The soldiers engage in hand to hand combat and use the bayonets fixed on their
rifle heads to attack the enemy. And in such combats, the number of men matter.
Once the soldiers run out of ammunition, close proximity batttle has to start Imege courtesy wikipedia
A pal of Gloom descended in B’s camp. They knew that
their 50 men would be no match for the 500 bayonet wielding men of the enemy in
a close proximity fight. They will be run-over, crushed, torn-apart, and killed
within a few minutes by the army of 500 men pouncing on them. Their defeat
seemed imminent. Death seemed imminent.
Men in A’s camp were ecstatic. They knew that a
without-ammunition-battle is won by the strength of numbers. They were 500, their
enemy a meager 50.
Their commander addressed them “Men! Time has come
for the hand to hand combat now. They are fifty, you are five hundred. They are helpless in front of you. The time
has come for you to attain the glory. Our victory is near. “I can smell the victory”.
“He shouted, “Go men! Go pounce on them. Put your
bayonets through their throats and tear them apart”.
A’s men, running high on adrenaline, ran ahead like
mad; shouting, screaming, wielding their bayonets, ready for the hand to hand
combat, ready to kill.
Smelling victory, batallion A's men charged towards B's post for the final hand to hand combat
B’s men braced to be swarmed by the beasts running
towards them. They prayed their last, vowed to fight till last breath and lay
their lives for their nation. They huddled close together for the final combat
of their lives.
A’s men closed in towards them. But just before a few
meters away from battalion B’s men, they froze. They didn’t move any further. Al
the A’s men stopped in their track, discomfort visible on their faces. Wind was
blowing from B’s side to A’s side. Positioned in their places with gun in hand,
the men on B’s side hadn’t bothered to bathe in last four days. The wind blowing
from the Bs towards the As brought with it, a filthy stench, which overpowered
the mighty men of A. A’s men threw their rifles on ground and covered their
nose and face with their hands. Some of them coughed, sneezed and started
nauseating. A few put their helmets over their face to escape the filthy
stench, while some fell to the ground feeling giddy, unable to tolerate.
Batallion A's men fell to the ground unable to tolerate the foul smell emanating from batallion B's men
The wireless operator of A radioed back to their commander “Alfa calling Beta! Alfa calling Beta! A strange unidentified smell coming from the enemy’s side has affected
our men. Unable to tolerate, our men are falling one by one. Please give
further orders. His final words were “What’s that smell? What’s that smell boss?, before he passed out.
A’s commander analyzed the situation. The words
flashed in his mind “Chemical warfare”. The
enemy must be using chemical or biological weapons. His men, without any
protection, would be helpless and die one by one. He at once ordered “Retreat!
Retreat immediately!”
As if A’s men were waiting for just this order only.
They immediately scrambled to go back, go away from B’s camp, away from the
filthy smell about which everyone was asking “What’s that smell, boss?”
They retreated as fast as they could, leaving their
rifles. Returning to their post, they rounded up their vehicles and abandoned
the post immediately. They fled as fast as they could.
Battalion A’s commander radioed to his headquarters “Biological
or chemical weaponry usage by enemy suspected. Men ordered to retreat”.
In Battalion B’s camp, everyone was perplexed. The
five hundred brave and mighty men of battalion A were running away from fifty scared
men of battalion B. It took them some time to believe what was happening. Then they realized that the victory was
theirs. B’s men, who were sure of not being able to see another day, were
watching the enemy running away from them.
B’s commander understood the situation quickly, “It’s
the smell! It’s the smell my men, who haven’t bathed for last four days, are giving
off, which has made the enemy run for their life”.
He declared, “The victory is ours”. “Go men, capture
the enemy’s post,” he screamed.
B’s men rushed into A’s land, destroyed the bunkers,
and captured the deserted post.
Soon after the fall of their post at border, A’s government
lodged a protest with United Nations alleging usage of chemical and biological
weapons by nation B, and thereby violating the Geneva Convention which
prohibits subjecting the enemy to atrocities in war.
The UN took it seriously and sent investigation teams
to site. After collecting evidences and interviewing the people, the United
Nations team concluded that-
-There was certainly a usage of chemical
weapons by nation B. The foul smell emanating from unbathed soldiers could have contained harmful chemicals as well as disease causing bacteria.
-Usage of such harmful weaponry had
resulted in severe psychological stress for the soldiers of nation A.
-The act on part of nation B was not only a
violation of Geneva Convention but also against humanity.
UN warned nation B against indulging in such illegal
and inhuman acts in the war. Also, the Geneva Convention was amended in 2014
to incorporate following-
- Usage of foul smell emanating from men who
have not bathed shall be termed as inhuman and illegal in war.
- No nation shall use soldiers who are unbathed
to indulge in to war activities.
- All nations shall ensure that the soldiers
participating in war shall take bath twice daily.
- To facilitate compliance of above rules, all
nations shall ensure that warm water bath facilities consisting of adequate
number of Racold water heaters shall be made available at all war fronts. - In independent delegation from the UN will carry
out inspections at battle locations at the time of war to ensure
availability of Racold water heaters. Any nation violating the rules may be
subjected to condemnation by the UN.
The UN directed warring nations to ensure that their soldiers take bath twice daily Image courtesy wikipedia
Since then the nature of wars changed. The Racold
water heaters became the major purchases for the armies all over the world.
Any nation suspecting violation of this rule by enemy
could report to United Nations by e-mailing a code phrase “What’s that smell,
boss?”, and the UN would come heavily on the erring nation.
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