Why has covid-19 gotten the sandesh treatment? Where was the SARS rosogolla or the dengue barfi? I know of a chemistry professor who saddled his children with names like Platinum, Iridium and Radium.
So I was not that surprised when I heard about twins born during the covid-19 pandemic being named Corona and Covid. Though I admit I was taken aback by someone who chose to name their newborn child Sanitizer.
If they had all come from the same family and been separated at birth by the pandemic, they could well have been the stars of a post-coronial version of Amar, Akbar and Anthony singing “Ek jagah jab jama ho teenon Corona Covid Sanitizer".
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