It was very nearly going to be the theme of my column last week: Safety standards of adventure sports operators in India.

And then, it happened. A Mumbai tourist died last week in a tandem paragliding crash in Solang, in Himachal Pradesh. The tourist had decided to take a joyride and boarded a paraglider for a tandem flight with a pilot. While a case has been filed against the pilot, even inviting a debate in the Himachal assembly, it’s left to be seen if any stringent action has been taken against the errant parties in this case.