Paradox and Prominence: Life in India’s Capital
July 26, 2021 | Canada
Nadia Mithani was part of the 2017-2018 cohort of the Aga Khan Foundation Canada’s International Youth Fellowship Program. She was placed with AKF India in Delhi for eight months. Below is the first paragraph of her diary entry on the experience:
Arriving in Delhi’s sweltering August heat, I couldn’t quite find the right words to define this new place, home to 19 million people, plus one. My descriptions changed radically each time I tried to explain it to someone back home.