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As Delhi continues to choke under a thick blanket of smog, residents are responding to the worsening air pollution with humour and satire, turning social media into a gallery of memes that blend frustration with wit. In the midst of Delhi’s choking smog, a “wedding with oxygen masks” video has gone viral, blending romance with the city’s grim pollution reality. The clip shows a bride and groom sharing a romantic moment while wearing oxygen masks, a striking depiction of the absurd realities of love and life in the capital. The reel takes a hilariously twist, when the who instead of showering the bride with flowers, throws medicine strips towards her. Instead of a royal palace or garden, their final wedding portraits are shot in what looks like a hospital room, complete with oxygen cylinders in the background and the bride administering CPR to the groom who is gasping for breath. The video concludes with the couple standing close, hands entwined and masks still on, a tongue-in-cheek reminder that in Delhi, even love now needs life support. One meme on X shows Superman sitting in a hospital bed wearing an oxygen mask, captioned: “Superman after flying through Delhi’s air for 10 minutes”. An instagram reel playing a song from Bollywood movie ‘Delhi-6’, ‘Yeh Dilli Hai Mere Yaar’ in the background, with the caption: “Delhi mein itna pollution hai ki log pooch rahe hain ‘Tu jaanta hai mera baap kahan hai? (There is so much pollution in Delhi that people are asking ‘do you know where my father is).” Amid ongoing calls to rename Delhi as Indraprastha, one social media user quipped, “Delhi is going to be renamed as Indraprastha, looks like pollution and crime are also heading back to the 14th century.” Netizens also poked fun at politics and pollution together with one poster circulating on Instagram that read: “Ab ki baar, 1000 AQI paar”. Another meme shows a man holding a placard that says: “I miss breathing.” Since Diwali, the national capital’s air quality has persistently hovered in the “poor” to “very poor” range, at times dipping into the “severe” category. As per CPCB standards, an AQI between 0-50 is considered ‘good’, 51-100 ‘satisfactory’, 101-200 ‘moderate’, 201-300 ‘poor’, 301-400 ‘very poor’, and 401-500 ‘severe’. (With inputs from PTI)
