here was a time when Mumbai’s iconic seaside promenade, Marine Drive, would offer visitors such a crisp and exquisite view of the city’s skyline that on a clear day, one could almost count the skyscrapers lining the horizon. But drive down the seafront these days, and it’s not unusual to be greeted by a view that looks as if it’s struggling to peek through the thick brown haze and smog shrouding it. It’s almost gasping for air. Much like Mumbaikars today, who, thanks to the city’s ceaseless construction activity and rising levels of pollutants, coupled with a change in wind patterns, have been forced to
