Sometimes reading an article takes you somewhere else. But that’s not to say it’s always somewhere desirable. Today’s recommended read, by our South Asia bureau chief John Reed, places us in India where New Delhi is blanketed in a “sickly-looking, toxic yellowish haze”. It’s a health emergency which will cost lives, but where does it come from and why can’t it be resolved?

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