Delhi’s air continues to suffocate its residents, with the Air Quality Index (AQI) remaining in the ‘very poor’ range on Tuesday. According to the city’s Air Quality Early Warning System (EWS), the overall AQI stood at 309, and at several monitoring stations, it crossed the 400-mark, slipping into the ‘severe’ zone. Health experts have once again urged residents to leave the city if possible until conditions improve.

It is a grim ritual that repeats every winter – Delhi gasping for breath under a thick, toxic haze . But this year, one Reddit post has struck a chord by calling out not just the smog, but the mindset behind it.

In a viral thread titled “How Ego Is Destroying Delhi Through Pollution”, a Reddit user has argued that the root of the crisis is not just industrial emission, s

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