Delhi winter: Keep the home (and street) fires burning
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india
Not exactly a warm hearth
Delhi winters are cold. Maybe not by U.S. standards, but here only the very rich (and not even most of them) can retreat to insulated buildings and central heating. Hence, if it’s 38 degrees outside, it’s pretty close to 38 inside.
The middle class survives on electric space heaters. The poor and laboring classes make due with nightly fires of wood, scrap and garbage. The extremely impoverished huddle together under blankets.
Here, some chowkidars and drivers sit around a burning piece of chipboard in posh Hauz Khas village in December.
Obviously, it’s not exactly chilly in Delhi anymore. But, as usual, I’m behind on posting photos.
Tags: cold, delhi, fire, india, poverty, weather, winter
Delhi’s ghost fog
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india
Ghostly...
Above, my roommate, Rachel, climbs on the weird playground equipment not far from our apartment.
Delhi has been overcome with temperature inversion-inducing fog in recent weeks. The mess has been compounded by the fact that Delhi is dusty from its ongoing renovation.
Flights have been cancelled, accidents have occurred, we became lost briefly during a stroll through the wicked atmospheric soup.
It’s awesome.
Tags: delhi, dust, environment, fog, india, photography, shenanigans, temperature, temperature inversion, weather, winter
