Before ASIAD, or Asian Games 1982, New Delhi had a population of 2 million. No one gave much thought to thefact that burgeoning trade and commerce brings in its wake job seekers from Patna to Jammu, maidservants fromMurshidabad, labourers from Orissa. Suddenly, post-ASIAD Delhi became a major financial and commercial hub,which saw its population exploding to 10-15 million people.