New Delhi: Singapore former deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean's recent remark on his country being administered from Calcutta (now Kolkata) till 1867 has drawn a buzz on social media drawing varied reactions from several users since Tuesday. While many celebrated India's deep cultural ties with the island nation, some went on to take an indirect dig at the present economic condition of West Bengal with that of Calcutta in the colonial times when many believe, it had greater political might.

While delivering the 5th Atal Bihari Vajpayee Memorial Lecture in New Delhi on Tuesday, Teo Chee Hean compared the cultural ties between the two nations, even suggesting that the name of the island nation ‘Singapore’ or ‘Singapura’ was derived from Sanskrit.

“The bond between the two nations is dee

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