<b>Shekhar Gupta: </b>Mujhe Kuchch Karna Hai

Delhi air is at gas-chamber levels despite well-intended activist-judicial complex's "we must do something" ban on crackers, old vehicles, diesel etc. We fool ourselves by trivialising a grave crisis

The headline for this week’s National Interest is inspired by Raj Kapoor’s Bobby (1973). Dimple Kapadia pleads with Rishi Kapoor in Lata Mangeshkar’s voice: "mujhe kuchch kehna hai” (I must tell you something). And Rishi Kapoor responds, “mujhe bhi kuchch kehna hai” (even I must tell you something). It tugs at your heart-strings as teenagers bare their love in Anand Bakshi’s subtle lyrics.
 
There is, however, nothing subtle about the phenomenon we are analysing, by twisting these famous lines, replacing “kehna” with “karna”. So when faced with a serious crisis, even a grave national emergency like North India’s murderous