Over the last decade, Delhi winters have acquired a ritual as predictable as the turning of the calendar: The air thickens with particulate matter; arguments harden into political whataboutery, ad hoc measures are put in place, and then, as the season turns, things roll on, the issue is relegated. This year, though, that trajectory has seen welcome disruptions — from citizens asserting their right to clean air. On Monday, in the smog-laden evening of what was the third day of “severe” pollution, as Chief Minister Rekha Gupta stepped out to share the stage with the Argentinian football superstar Lionel........

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