City Life – No Gas Masks in Delhi Metro General by The Delhi Walla - June 18, 20083 GO STRAIGHT TO CITY CLASSIFIEDS & CITY EVENTSGO STRAIGHT TO MORE STORIESContact mayankaustensoofi@gmail.com for ad enquiries.Smelly commute and other woes in the city metro.[By Sanchita Guha; picture by Mayank Austen Soofi]There’s just one thing I forgot to pack when I came to Delhi about 15 months ago—a body armour. Now I sorely feel the absence of a solid Joan d’Arc type of steel creation in my limited wardrobe. And a gas mask would have been useful, too. Who knew, though, that the Delhi Metro, the most impressive work of technology this side of Bosphorus, would be so hazardous to one’s health? Being a restless sort of person, I’ve travelled a bit and tested out intra-city railway networks of all