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)
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.
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A weighty name, said politician Jay Panda.
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