What is happening?
I hear West Bengal is soon going to be renamed as Bongo. Baap re baap!
Now, sure. I know what you’re thinking. Wouldn’t a rosogolla by any other name taste just as sweet? But its not really about the rosogolla, but us poor rosogolla-eaters.
Us Bengalis… we’re used to West Bengal. We like West Bengal. We see no problems with West Bengal. Why then, has Mamata didi chosen to anoint the state with the name Bongo, all of a sudden?
See what Twitter Bongs are saying…
People are making jokes Didi!!
With the change in name, Didi believes we will move up the alphabetic order in all Parliamentary proceedings.
Maane, basically, Didi wont have to wait her turn to speak after everyone’s gone to sleep.
Really, didi?
Have you seen our surnames? We can’t even fit them on drivers’ licences!
Perhaps you are choosing to rewrite history?
Ki, TMC ke netritve mein West Bengal ka naam change hua tha! Aisa hai toh ektu jobs shobs dekhlo, instead of constantly sending cops to Jadavpur campus.. And have you thought… who will do the mountains of paperwork that will be needed if we switch to Bongo?!
Cutting a long Satyajit story short… Didi, we understand the desire to be revolutionary. Our Coffee House dadas and didis have left big shoes to fill. But why do something that NOBODY asked for in the first place?!
Kichu koro, didi, to galvanise Bengal again. But making West Bengal Bongo will not achieve that… so please… paglami toh mat koro!
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