Congress MP Shashi Tharoor took a witty dig at Delhi's toxic air, sharing smog-inspired twists on popular locality names, including 'Pollutyens' Delhi' and 'Haze Khas'. (Image Source – Shashi Tharoor/X)
\n\nDelhi's famous landmarks have received a rather unfortunate makeover, and the culprit is the city's worsening air pollution. From 'Pollutyens' Delhi' to 'Dhuan Kua', Congress MP Shashi Tharoor took a sarcastic dig at the capital's smog situation by sharing a series of edited images on X, giving popular neighbourhoods pollution-inspired names.
\n\nTharoor said he received the images from his college alumni group and shared them with the caption, “Picture ab bhi bAQI hain!” The witty wordplay combines the Hindi word 'baaki' (remaining) with AQI (Air Quality Index), adding a humorous spin to Delhi's persistent pollution crisis.
\n\nOne of the images featured two exaggerated figures – “Delhi’s AQI 1747” and “Delhi’s IQ 0000”. While the unusually high AQI figure highlighted the city's deteriorating air quality, the accompanying IQ reference appeared to take a dig at the lack of effective action to tackle the problem.
\n\nAnother image gave several well-known Delhi localities a smog-inspired makeover. 'Lutyens' Delhi' became 'Pollutyens' Delhi', 'Dhaula Kuan' was renamed 'Dhuan Kua', 'Hauz Khas' turned into 'Haze Khas'…
Original source: https://www.timesnownews.com/delhi
