Comments on: the stench of winter delhi

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:49:15 +0000

Meanwhile, I have a similar tale to tell about my life in a small town in the US Midwest ( which shall remain unnamed).

I had just relocated here from the South, and I was trying to get used to :

1) The water is so hard, due to the contamination caused by the runoff of fertilizers from farms, that one simply cannot drink the water from the kitchen faucet. One has no choice but to order drinking water from the Culligan man.

2) Showering with this hard water was starting to make me go bald !!!

3) Come evening time, the whole city was overtaken by a ghastly stomach-churning stink. As the stink was everywhere in the town, there was no getting away from it !
At first, I thought that there must have been an accident or something, but when this stink became a daily occurence, I made enquiries and was told that the stink emanated from a meat- rendering and processing plant, located a few miles outside the town. I just couldn’t believe it ! Was this really happening in the US of A ? Do they not have Zoning laws and stuff ? I was like : “And you townspeople are OK with this stink ? ” And the good townsfolk replied in unison ” Oh yeah”.

Five years into that job and that Midwestern city, I still was not used to the evening-stink from the meat-processing-plant. Thankfully, I found a better job, and moved West.

So, you see, India does not have the monopoly on stinks.

By: Mobiles in India

Mobiles in India — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:16:32 +0000

it was really a tough to judge in the smell between fireworks and gas. You made a right decision to came out of the room because you cant take risk at that time. Thanks for sharing.

By: shakester

shakester — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 08:19:03 +0000

delhi is much less polluted than it was a few years ago. and if this is a stench to yu (which I also must say sounds like a particular case, nto a generality) …have you been to bombay?

By: ABC

ABC — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:00:04 +0000

http://suvratk.blogspot.com/2008/11/thats-why-north-indians-cough-more.html

By: Scott H

Scott H — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:14:05 +0000

Man – I can sympathise with the smell – it definitely descends on my house at night. However, yours sounds awful! Mine is just annoying really.

Although, I will say that I can tell that my lungs are working harder at night. Would be nice to see Delhi less poluted – but that is going to take years. My experience has been that most of Delhi NCR has the smell of polution in the air, hardly isolated.

By: quicksilver

quicksilver — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:22:55 +0000

Don’t mind me telling you, but its apparent from the very title of your blog that you’re a little cynical about life in Delhi.

That egg-scented decay is probably hydrogen sulphide vapors in the airMy part of Delhi smells just fine to me, actually.

Sympathize with you and your experience but i kind of feel its just a one-off chance.

By: Quirky Indian

Quirky Indian — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:41:39 +0000

This reads like a script from one of those horror films….you know, the ones where the terrified couple crouches in a corner of the log cabin, praying for the night to get over, because when morning comes, they can breathe easy again. Pun completely intended.

Cheers,

Quirky Indian
http://quirkyindian.wordpress.com

By: papa bear

papa bear — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:38:02 +0000

I am sorry to read this, over the years on my visits to Delhi, the Smog level had reduced and it was wonderful, it seemed prosperity was helping make people more aware and friendly to the environment.