Santa believes the Kedarnath trek has been spared from stampedes due to divine blessings. Banta shatters this illusion with a grim analogy, arguing that the state has been playing Russian Roulette with pilgrim safety and its luck just ran out at Mansa Devi.
Physics of crowd dynamics
The Tale of the Leaky Pipe
Using a simple analogy of a garden hose, Banta explains the difference between a smooth “Laminar Flow” and a chaotic “Turbulent Flow.” He shows Santa how a single blockage, like the one at Mansa Devi, can instantly turn a manageable crowd into a deadly, turbulent entity.