A demonstrator holds an Air Quality Index (AQI) monitor showing the present reading during a protest over the deteriorating air pollution in the national capital region, near India Gate, in New Delhi, Nov. 9, 2025. (PTI File Photo/Karma Bhutia) Show Quick Read Summary is AI Generated. Newsroom Reviewed

Mirza Ghalib once wrote: "Ik roz apni rooh se poocha, ki Dilli kya hai — to yun jawab main keh gaye, yeh duniya mano jism hai aur Dilli uski jaan. ” (One day, I asked my soul, What is Delhi? It replied: The world is like a body, and Delhi is its soul.)

But today, he would be heartbroken to see the soul struggling for fresh air.

On most days in an Indian metro, opening your window feels like opening the door of an old diesel generator. Many write that it is worse than smoking cig

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