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The air was thick, almost unbreathable. It smelled of burning fields \u2013 acrid and suffocating. On the morning of 16 November 2016, Bhavreen Kandhari stood at her window, watching as the city she called home disappeared into a toxic haze. Delhi\u2019s sky was choked with smog so dense it looked apocalyptic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her throat burned. Her twin daughters, then 13, woke up coughing. The news confirmed what she already knew. Pollution had reached such dangerous levels that Delhi schools would be closed for the first time<\/a> in history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Warrior Mom Bhavreen Kandhari at her home in Delhi, India (Image: Shalinee Kumari)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

For years, she had been warning that this day would come. But seeing it unfold in real time \u2013 watching her own children struggle to breathe \u2013 was the breaking point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That morning, Kandhari pulled out her phone and sent a message on WhatsApp: \u201cWe need to take action. Who is coming?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Within hours, she, along with other concerned parents, had mobilised 300 people to protest at Jantar Mantar, Delhi\u2019s historic site of public demonstrations, receiving widespread coverage<\/a>. It wasn\u2019t her first protest, but this time was different. She was no longer just a protestor or activist. She was a mother fighting for her children\u2019s right to breathe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From concerned citizen to parent activist<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Nearly a decade later, Delhi is still gasping for air \u2013 and Kandhari has not stopped fighting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She spends her days moving between courtrooms and community meetings, documenting violations, filing complaints, and pushing authorities to enforce laws that exist on paper but remain ignored in practice.

Each winter, in November, when pollution spikes and Delhi\u2019s air turns lethal, the media calls on her for quotes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI sound like a broken record,\u201d she says, shaking her head. \u201cIf you create a montage of my interviews over the last few years, you\u2019ll see I\u2019ve been asking for the same thing again and again. Nothing changes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But for Kandhari, this is not just a seasonal crisis. Clean air is not a trending topic. It is her life\u2019s work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Long before the 2016 protests, a pivotal moment had already shaped her fight. In 2003, she gave birth to twin daughters. As is common with twin pregnancies, they were born premature, fragile and in need of extra care. Their lungs were underdeveloped \u2013 a common occurrence<\/a> among preterm babies.

She spent sleepless nights watching over them, terrified of infections. That was when she first began researching air pollution, poring over studies that confirmed her worst fears: Delhi\u2019s air was especially dangerous<\/a> for children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been conscious of this fight for years,\u201d she says, \u201cbut I still couldn\u2019t protect my daughters. They grew up breathing this toxic air. Their lungs are impaired. How many generations will have to suffer before something changes?\u201d asks Kandhari, emphasising that every third child in Delhi has impaired lungs<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her daughters are 21 now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Building a citizen-led movement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Although Kandhari now dedicates most of her time to advocating for clean air and environmental justice through campaigns such as #RightToBreathe<\/a>, she never set out to be an activist. In fact, she rejects the label, seeing herself instead as a \u201cconcerned citizen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2020, she co-founded Warrior Moms<\/a>, a network of mothers across India demanding clean air and climate action for their children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s about mothers coming together,\u201d she explains. \u201cThat\u2019s a strong emotion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A message in Kandhari\u2018s house reads, \u201dAll houses are dark until the mother wakes up,\u201d a quote credited to Lebanese-American poet Khalil Gibran. In her call to action, she urges mothers – already carrying the weight of childcare – to fight for their children\u2019s right to clean air (Image: Shalinee Kumari)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Warrior Moms is a grassroots, citizen-led initiative \u2013 not an NGO, not a corporate-funded campaign, but a movement. The goal is simple: to empower communities to hold polluters accountable. The group amplifies local environmental struggles across cities, provides resources on how to file complaints and teaches people how to build movements of their own.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want people to just be angry,\u201d she says. \u201cComplaining is how you hold authorities accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For her, the biggest challenge in environmental activism is mobilising support on the ground. Most people feel helpless in the face of pollution. But small actions matter \u2013 filing a complaint about illegal waste burning, documenting construction dust, demanding accountability from local officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe more noise we make, the harder it is for them to ignore us,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the streets to the courtroom<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

But noise alone is not enough. Kandhari has also taken the fight to court. Much of her time is spent waiting outside hearing rooms, presenting evidence in environmental cases. One of her ongoing battles is against a proposed waste-to-energy plant<\/a> in Bawana, north-west Delhi. In another case<\/a>, she uncovered evidence that over 60,000 trees had been illegally felled in Delhi between 2015 and 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cIn the last two years, we\u2019ve taken a lot of contempt [of court] cases,\u201d she says. \u201cViolations keep happening because people know they can get away with it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fines, she argues, are not a deterrent. \u201cThere is a reason people in India wear seat belts,\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s not awareness \u2013 it\u2019s fear of getting fined or punished. Environmental violations need to have real consequences. Otherwise, nothing will change.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond its notorious reputation for being the world\u2019s most polluted<\/a> capital, Delhi also grapples with a host of other environmental crises like failing waste management, rampant tree felling<\/a>, and the ever-polluted Yamuna River. Kandhari has been actively involved in leading movements dedicated to these challenges. She says they are all interrelated. \u201c[Clean air] is not a standalone issue. It\u2019s linked to waste management, urban planning, energy policies, and governance failures.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Battling the system<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

But corruption and lack of political will remain the biggest obstacles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Across India, 49%<\/a> of sanctioned posts in pollution control boards remain vacant; a systemic failure that makes enforcement nearly impossible. Even when mechanisms to hold polluters accountable exist, they remain underutilised. Kandhari has seen the government\u2019s apathy firsthand. She has sat across from officials who dismiss her concerns, walked into male-dominated offices where her presence is barely tolerated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They don\u2019t like women coming in and saying too many things<\/blockquote><\/cite><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey don\u2019t like women coming in and saying too many things,\u201d she says. \u201cBut at least I have some privilege. Women in rural areas face even bigger challenges \u2013 threats, intimidation, family pressure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet, despite the pushback, Warrior Moms continues to grow, connecting urban and rural activists across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taking the fight to the global stage<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Kandhari has taken the battle for clean air beyond India. At the United Nations climate summits, she has spoken on behalf of parent-led climate groups, urging world leaders to put children\u2019s health and futures at the centre of climate action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At COP27 in Egypt, she stood<\/a> alongside other mothers from the networks Our Kids\u2019 Climate and Parents For Future Global, demanding urgent action. She returned for COP28<\/a> in Dubai, amplifying the voices of parents fighting for clean air across the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese conferences are important,\u201d she says. \u201cBut they also come with challenges. Attending them requires funding, and for grassroots activists, that\u2019s a struggle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fight is exhausting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI no longer have a social life,\u201d she admits, saying she\u2019s even lost friends because of her activism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She pauses, then adds with a wry smile: \u201cI\u2019m becoming cynical.\u201d But cynicism hasn\u2019t stopped her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every winter, as Delhi\u2019s pollution levels rise again, she braces for another cycle of warnings, protests and court battles. Asked about how long she plans to keep protesting, she replies: \u201cAs long as it takes.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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