India, Jan. 27 -- Pitch blue sky, so blue that you could raise your finger and risk getting it stained with this bluest of rare blue.

And there it is!

The tiranga.

Atop a tall pole, the national flag is billowing smoothly, inscribing its familiar form in the high altitude Delhi air. The orange, white and green stripes are infusing the atmosphere with a feel of. something that feels larger than ourselves.

The monumental flag at Connaught Place is truly a monument. Installed at Central Park in 2014, it is said to be larger than the size of a badminton court. It inevitably sparked off an enthusiasm to hoist larger-than-life flags at prominent places in the capital. Within a decade, Delhi was crisscrossed with 500 super-tall flag posts. (...