India, Jan. 29 -- Only a heap of broken images where the evening sun beats. But let's skip the introductory passage, and straight jump into our on-the-ground report. Following are the surreal scenes observed on reaching an open sprawl in a far-flung corner of the capital region.
This vast ground is thickly covered with sand.
Swirls of sand are rising from the ground, drifting along some distance, and then fading from view.
A green plastic thaila has wrapped itself about a dead plant-see photo.
A flock of sheep are being herded by a man in a huge red turban.
A mangy dog is lying exhausted, silent but eyes wide open.
Earth has been dug up at various places across the ground; the dug-up earth is gathered into small mounds.
A lone man is...