Delhi's new political economy

No city in India is changing as much as Delhi. Migrants continue to be its backbone as before

Delhi’s soul has been seared by the death of three young people who drowned in the basement of a coaching centre in Old Rajinder Nagar because drainage systems were not working or did not exist. About a year ago, videos circulated on the social media of a similar facility in Mukherjee Nagar, close to Delhi University. In that case, it was fire: Children could be seen jumping off the top floor of the building to certain death because the building was enveloped in an inferno and there were no fire-escape systems in place. There have been other