Winter in India brings snow in some parts of India; it brings relief to others from the heat and humidity of the monsoon season. But for many northern cities especially the capital city of Delhi, it means the siege of a plume of dust, dirt and pollutants, choking their systems for weeks and months.
This year was no different for the city, as Delhi’s pollution levels have reached alarming high levels. Delhi’s pollution levels have reached alarmingly high levels. Delhi even has the disrepute of being one of the most polluted capital cities in the world, a title that once belonged to Beijing in China.
Delhi Vs Gold Flake?
Talking about just this, RPG Group’s Harsh Goenka took to X to shares his thought in his own fashion. Goenka is known for his witty one-liner post on X. He tends to comment on a variety of issues concerning the world around.
In his latest post, he spoke about the killer pollution in Delhi. In his post, he sardonically compared and thereby quipped on the companies or brands and their competition.
The post read, Pepsi : Our competition is water, next came, Hotstar: Our competition is sleep, finally he added, Gold Flake: Our competition is Delhi.
In this post he not only took a jibe at Delhi, but also mocked streaming platform, Hotstar, and insinuated, that this comes at the cost of the sleep of it’s customers.
But, the biggest remark here, however is his take on Delhi, wherein he compared Delhi to the ITC Cigarette brand ITC. Thereby underscoring the city and its air, breathing which according to many is equivalent to smoking a dozen cigarettes in a day.
Delhi’s pollution levels according to some estimates even crossed the AQI mark of 1,000. In fact, even as per the recent information, on December 24, the pollution rate stood at 431 AQI, in the Severe category in one of Delhi’s regions.
Netizens React
Netizens reacted to this post and spun their own version of comparisons and potential competition. One user added, “Gold Flake vs. Delhi? That one caught me off guard—what a wild comparison! 😂”
Some users got a little creative, one of them added, “Taxes: Our competition is spending.” One took a shot at Mumbai roads and said, “Moon : our competition is Mumbai Road.”
Another user said, “Las Vegas: Our competition is Option market. “
Other users also had their versions. One user said, “Las Vegas : Our competition is Nirmala Ma’am.”
“Ola: Our competition is walking. Airtel: Our competition is pigeons carrying messages. Parle-G: Our competition is school tiffin time. added another user.
