What the city lost in the 20-year journey from ‘Gaon` to ‘Gram`
(WorldNews India)

From central Delhi to Gurgaon is not too far. Barely an hour or so by car. But in 2000, the approximately 30km felt distant, psychologically if not physically. Yet we, like many before us and many after, chose to begin life anew in this then small town to the south of the Capital. Here was a city rising out of scrub and farmland, not yet the Millennium City of ambition but an escape for harried Dilliwallas eager for release from the chokehold of smoggy air, gridlocked roads and high rents. Back then, there were more goats and donkeys than cars on the roads, and you`d often spot a pastoralist with his herd. More importantly, you could breathe without having to worry about endangering your...