Was The Dragonfruit Renamed as a Tribute to Kamala Harris? What Desi Twitter Wants to Know
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Just few hours left for Vice President-elect Kamala Devi Harris to take over as the first ever female vice president of the United States. As Harris prepares to take her oath, in India, people are cracking their heads whether the recent renaming of the dragon fruit was a way to pay tribute to Harris s upcoming leadership.
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, on Tuesday said that the government has applied for a patent to change the nomenclature of dragon fruit to Kamalam . According to Rupani, the word dragon for the fruit sounded inappropriate, following which the government had decided for the fruit to be called as Kamalam .