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Twitter giggles as China, Pak launch RANDI
Twitter Giggles As China, Pak Launch RANDI. All-weather allies China and Pakistan have launched their first joint think-tank, the acronym of which became the butt of jokes on social media.
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Islamabad: All-weather allies China and Pakistan have launched their first joint think-tank, the acronym of which became the butt of jokes on social media.
The Research and Development International (RANDI), launched around the time of Chinese President Xi Jinping's maiden visit to Pakistan, left some social media users in splits as the acronym sounded like a word in Hindu and Urdu that refers to a 'prostitute' in derogatory terms.
Twitter went berserk, with many relating the acronym to the closeness between the two countries. "#Pakistan is now officially #China's #RANDI," said a user called Chandan Sandhu. "Pak finally figured out what they are and created a think tank with china called #RaNdi," another user Prashanth K E tweeted.
In one of the more understated reactions, writer and political activist Fatima Bhutto tweeted: "Well, that's an unfortunate name for a think tank..." Bhutto is the granddaughter of former Pakistani Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and niece of ex-premier Benazir Bhutto.
Prominent Indian journalist Shekhar Gupta also reacted, tweeting: "It took joint Pak-Chinese imagination to produce this marvellous 5-letter disaster of ACRONYMOLOGICAL proportions."
