Tee-off or not to tee-off: The dilemma of Delhi’s smog
₹1.6 lakh plus taxes for a 1,500-square-foot apartment, which includes a year’s maintenance. As Yamini Aiyar, head of the Centre for Policy Research, pointed out last November in a column for Deccan Herald, such high-end solutions for those who can afford them are another example of the well-off in effect ‘migrating’ further away from the realities faced by the rest of India, a widening gulf that can be traced to the grossly inadequate provision of public services by the government, especially in the fields of education and medical care.
This week’s release of the Annual Survey of Education Report has confirmed again that more than half of our 14-to-18-year-olds in rural India struggle with simple math problems. Yoga Air’s team is impressively efficient in providing clean air indoors, but its very name is an inadvertent metaphor for the ultimate gated community: ‘Yoga’ stands for ‘Your Own Green Area.’ As with quality school education, clean air is a privilege in urban India.
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