Et tu, Red?

On Delhi pollution and a Delhi monument

- Mayank Austen Soofi

Delhi's toxic air could be damaging the skin, the lungs, the overall health of each of us Delhiwale. Why should the historic Red Fort be allowed to remain untouched by Delhi pollution?

Earlier this week, this newspaper reported that the city air is damaging the Red Fort's red sandstone walls. The dispatch cited an Indo-Italian research study ominously titled “Characterisation of red sandstone and black crust to analyse air pollution on a cultural heritage building: Red Fort, Delhi, India.”