The idiot who thought of re-naming Gurgaon clearly does not know that
the first syllable in the name represents the form of sugar called GUR.
It has nothing to do with the word "guru". This is trampling over both
the language and history itself. In Punjabi, "guru" has been shortened
to "gur" to give words like Gurmukhi and gurdvara -- but Punjabi is not
the language of the Gurgaon region.
--
Mukul Dube
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Delhi 110091
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