Why Won’t Modi Fix Delhi’s Airpocalypse?

Delhi is, once again, surrounded by a toxic, sulfurous haze, and its air quality was recorded as being just about the worst in the world last month.

If you live here, you can sometimes allow yourself to forget this. You can wake up in the morning and, even if the air doesn’t look so good, tell yourself that it’s winter — a little fog is only to be expected. But then you remember the persistent cough, and sinuses that are clogged with dust. Sometimes, your eyes are red enough to make it look like you haven’t slept a wink.