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This rare archival footage features the legendary writer Khushwant Singh speaking candidly about Delhi’s urban crisis, population explosion, and loss of identity. In this insightful interview, he discusses the increasing traffic jams, overcrowded societies, and the surge of vehicles choking the city’s roads. Singh warns that rising congestion and poor infrastructure have led to crime, pollution, and declining quality of life, with satellite cities failing to ease the strain. He also highlights water scarcity and pollution as potential causes of future epidemics. Reflecting on Delhi’s past, Singh recalls how during Lutyens’ era, it was once the greenest capital in the world, home to rich bird life and countless trees — a legacy he fears will vanish if nothing is done. Recorded around the re
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