Usually I would totally agree and do the same. Even the probability of something bad happening on the road is making me feel a bit nervous. And yes, I'll be flying from NY. However, I am going to be flying on BA first class (miles), hoping to get to the Concord room in NY a bit before the flight, have dinner there, and sleep most of the flight to LHR. While I do plan on watching some movies on the LHR-DEL flight, I am also programming a decent nap, so I expect to arrive quite refreshed, if a bit dehydrated.
This trip has begun with my bidding and winning at a charity auction, a 5 night stay at two Aman's (Amanbagh and Aman-I-Khas, 2/3 nights respectively), and we added another 5 nights and hoping to do the Rajastan "circle" Jaipur and Udaipur, and Agra. We are limited in time, and this is as much ree time as I was able to come up with.
I have plans on going to Delhi for work next year, so would like to avoid staying there if at all possible.