Gurgaon, the corporate hub of Haryana, has been renamed "Gurugram" by the state government
New Delhi:
A rose by any other name? Not for Gurgaon.
The Millenium City, on the outskirts of Delhi, renamed "Gurugram" yesterday, has Twitter ROFL-ing, not presumably the reaction desired by the state government, which says that a long-standing local demand prompted the rechristening of the area that's home to scores of top multinational companies, expensive condominiums, a world-class golf course, expansive shopping malls - and call centres used by companies all over the world. (Post your comments here)
Well, time for some new training, tweeted comic Vir Das.
Writer Chetan Bhagat skewed similarly.
The guru referred to in the new name is Guru Dronacharya, who trained the Pandavas and the Kauravas in the Mahabharata.
"The District derived its name from the name of Guru Dronacharya... it came to be known as Guru-gram, which in course of time, got distorted to Gurgaon," the district's official website states.
That also brought some punchlines.
A weighty name, said politician Jay Panda.
The Millenium City, on the outskirts of Delhi, renamed "Gurugram" yesterday, has Twitter ROFL-ing, not presumably the reaction desired by the state government, which says that a long-standing local demand prompted the rechristening of the area that's home to scores of top multinational companies, expensive condominiums, a world-class golf course, expansive shopping malls - and call centres used by companies all over the world. (Post your comments here)
Well, time for some new training, tweeted comic Vir Das.
Right now, this second, a million employees in Haryana are calling white bosses and teaching them how to say 'Gurugram' and failing.
- Vir Das (@thevirdas) April 13, 2016
Writer Chetan Bhagat skewed similarly.
What do IT guys who lived in Gurgaon call themselves? Programmer, Gurugrammer. #Gurugram
- Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) April 12, 2016
The guru referred to in the new name is Guru Dronacharya, who trained the Pandavas and the Kauravas in the Mahabharata.
"The District derived its name from the name of Guru Dronacharya... it came to be known as Guru-gram, which in course of time, got distorted to Gurgaon," the district's official website states.
That also brought some punchlines.
Dronacharya weighed about 68 kgs. Or, you could say, 68,000 Gurugrams.
- Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) April 12, 2016
A weighty name, said politician Jay Panda.
#Gurugram may have been OK a few decades ago, but wouldn't GuruKilo have been more appropriate now? Nuh ? Ok, then...
- Baijayant Jay Panda (@PandaJay) April 12, 2016
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