 "Delhi. Illustration: Ajay Mohanty")
A perpetual dust haze hangs over Delhi. Every resident can point to at least one “development” project — digging, construction, road works — close to their homes. Sometimes this churn of projects leads to public transport marvels like the Delhi Metro. Other times, it can result in the towering monstrosity that is East Kidwai Nagar.
As one passes the bustling middle-class INA Market on the left and the craftsy Dilli Haat on the right, a vast complex of steel-and-glass-and-concrete rises up above you. Turn left, and a ghastly sight presents itself: a black-and-red façade glistening in the already too-oppressive Delhi
