<iframe src="//www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-K3L4M3" height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden">

Diary Australia

Dharamsala diary

6 January 2018

9:00 AM

6 January 2018

9:00 AM

Delhi is smothered in a blanket of thick smog. Fierce dust storms in the Middle East have blown across the subcontinent, exacerbating the usual pollution. With a population the size of Australia occupying greater Delhi, the traffic is chaotic. The drive from the new Indira Gandhi international airport is like an interminable dodgem car ride with the incessant horns serving as an informal sonar system, warning drivers and riders that the slightest opening in the tangled wall of traffic is about to be occupied by another vehicle.

Already a subscriber? Log in

Black Friday sale

Subscribe today and get 10 weeks of The Spectator Australia for just $1

  • Unlimited access to spectator.com.au and app
  • The weekly edition on the Spectator Australia app
  • Spectator podcasts and newsletters
  • Full access to spectator.co.uk
Or

Unlock this article

REGISTER

You might disagree with half of it, but you’ll enjoy reading all of it. Try your first month for free, then just $2 a week for the remainder of your first year.


Comments

Black Friday sale

Subscribe today and get 10 weeks of The Spectator Australia for just $1

Already a subscriber? Log in

Close