You're blaming the messenger here. I travel to India a couple of times a year, for 2-3 weeks at a time. As the plane is landing in DEL, you can smell the diffe

You're blaming the messenger here. I travel to India a couple of times a year, for 2-3 weeks at a time. As the plane is landing in DEL, you can smell the difference. As soon as you step on the jet bridge, you get acrid smell of burnt ... something. Rubber? Plastic? It's hard to tell (and you're overwhelmed by the smell of phenyl used for cleaning). Every time I've taken a 2-wheeler or a 3-wheeler in the busy streets, I come home with a cough; and near the end of the trip, I have a consistent burning sensation in the throat.