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This is why we built Aki — a tiny, sleek AQI monitor. No apps. No clutter. Just clean, real-time air insights. Put it on your desk. Your kitchen shelf. Your kid’s room. It’ll tell you what you’re actually breathing.

Air pollution in India is a slow crisis. You can’t always see it. But your lungs? They feel it. And most of us? We wait until it’s too late.

I loved being in India. My first time. I was shocked by how normalized Indians are to poor air quality. Breathing the air is like smoking multiple cigarettes a day. Yet no one wears a mask or has air filters in their indoor environments. The evidence shows that India would improve the health of its population more by cleaning up air quality than by curing all cancers. I am unsure why India's leaders do not make air quality a national emergency. I don't know what interests, money and power keep things the way they are but it's really bad for the entire country.