In this excerpt from our documentary on Defence Colony, we speak to Sanjay Chopra and his daughter, Sanskriti Chopra, who describe how new air conditioners became irreparable within months and televisions corroded due to toxic gases. The damage, they say, goes far beyond inconvenience. From the embarrassment of guests noticing the stench to neighbours selling their homes and residents slowly becoming numb to the smell, this case study captures the human cost of years of neglect in one of Delhi’s