LutyensMasala Names Decoded.
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Original list courtesy adiagr, nikhilnk & Sab_mile_Hue. CSS Revamp by HI.
| Lutyens Masala Code | Actual Person | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| AAP’s Resident Spell Checker | Ashutosh | |
| Anointed Worm | Abhishek Verma | |
| Anu Malik | Fareed Zakaria | Both Anu Malik and Fareed plagiarized |
| Apsara | Menaka Gandhi | |
| Aunty | Sheila Dikshit | |
| Awoken Lord | R Jagannathan | Jag: Awake. Nath: Lord |
| Baby Spice | Nidhi | |
| Bankrupt Energy Giant | N Ram | NRAM:: sounds like Enron : Bankrupt company. |
| Barefoot Last Letter | Hussein Zaidi | (MF) Hussein: used to move barefoot. Z: last letter. Hussein Zaidi has written “From Dongri to Dubai” and “From Byculla to Bangkok” on Mumbai Underworld. |
| Basharat Peer | Haider Pressure | Haider: Kasmir:: Bashart :: Peer: Pressure |
| Battuta | IBN Channel | See Ted Battuta |
| Bearded Buddha | Sidharth Bhatia | @bombaywallah; Buddha: Sidhartha |
| Beloved Wine | Supriya Sule | Beloved: Supriya; Sula: Wine |
| Bhajan Haggis | Meera Sanyal | |
| Bharuch Butler | Ahmed Patel | |
| Blood River | Teesta Setalvad | Teesta: Another name for Brahmaputra River also known as Lohit |
| Blue Eye | Nandan Nilekani | Blue: Neela |
| Bonded Freedom | Ghulam Nabi Azad | Direct Translation of Name |
| Brave Dad Oily | Veerappa Moily | |
| Brave Pracharak | Vir Sanghvi | Vir:: Brave. Pracharak: RSS: Sangh:: Sanghvi |
| Bridesmaid Alfred | Jagdish Bhagwati | The Pure Theory of International Trade |
| Bright Gajar | Prakash Karat | Karat: Carrot :: Gajar |
| Bro | Anna | |
| Cain and Abel | Ambani brothers | |
| Calamaty | Vineet Jain | |
| Cameriera Caterina | Sonia Gandhi | Cameriera is Italian for waitress |
| Casteist Christ | Manu Joseph | Manu Smriti –> Casteism. Christ :: Joseph |
| Ceiling Fan | Ashish Khetan | Fan :: Khetan |
| Child Do Do | Bachi Karkaria | Bachchi- Child; ; Kar Kar – Do Do |
| Cloudy Bugger King | A Raja | |
| Conscious Broker | Sucheta Dalal | |
| Country-facing Villa | Vilas Rao Deshmukh | |
| Cowboy Hoo-Ha | Ram Guha | |
| Curtly Mustard | Amrita Rai | |
| Cyclist | Bhupendra Chaubey | Was cycling in US & reporting during PM’s visit. |
| Cyclops | Rahul Kanwal | |
| Daddy Gene Bank | ND Tiwari | |
| Dancing Napoleon | Sushma Swaraj | Less Height. |
| Darbal Hall | First Citizen (Name delibrately not put) | |
| David | Rajdeep | |
| DDLJ Lord Lion | Rajnath Singh | DDLJ: Sharukh’s name: Raj. Nath: Lord. Lion: Singh |
| Dear Wawrinka | Priyanka Gandhi | |
| Debonair | Vinod Mehta | Ex Editor of Pondy Magazine |
| Desi Beeb | BBC India | |
| Developing Mutiny | Vikas Pandey | |
| Dirty Doc | Abhishek Manu Singhvi | Sorry- Space is less. Can’t describe completely. |
| Drawing 40mm | Chitra Subramanian | |
| Dr. Zhivago | Omar Abdullah | |
| DUPA | Congress | |
| Durga | Indira Gandhi | AB Vajpayee had called Indira Gandhi Durga |
| Dutch Den | ||
| Each Bull Hair | Hartosh Singh Bal | |
| Echuckdana Bo | Derek O Brian | Bo Derek…….Well known quizmaster, Echukdana – a puzzle. |
| EcoSport Kabir | Manish Sisodia | |
| Ehumpty Dumpty | Rajeev Shukla | E 24 is his channel |
| Eminent Slap | Romila Thapar | |
| European Rocket | Arianna Huffington | |
| Excavated Lion | Digvijay Singh | |
| Giant Bring Papa | Vishal Dadlani | Direct Translation of name |
| Ginger Spice | Mihir Sharma | (Part of the group that started Lutyens Spice??) |
| Grammar Horse | Ashwani Kumar | |
| Grishm Don’t Plough | Samar Halarnkar | |
| Golden Raw Mango | Ambika Soni | |
| Goliath Claimant | David Davidar | |
| Good Sun God | Ravish Kumar | Not sure about it though. |
| Happy Needy Lion | Khuswant Singh | |
| Hillary Hex | Edmonds Allen | |
| Holistic Insofwar | Manish Tiwari | |
| Holler Ja Malgudi | Arnab Goswami | Go+Swamy –> Ja + Malgudi (Swamy) |
| Hue Lianjie | Arun Jaitley | Arun – reddish tinge of Sun…..so Hue. Jet Li (Actor’s name is): Li Lianjie |
| Hue Lion | Arun Singh | |
| Humble Superbazar | Namita Bhandare | Bhandar: Superbazar |
| Hush Hay | Prashant Bhushan | Bhusa: Hay; Shant: Hush…… |
| Illuminati Indiana | Shobhana Bhartiya | Direct Translation of Name |
| Immortal Lion | Amar Singh | Direct Translation of name |
| Indian Basil | Smriti “Tulsi” Irani | Basil is Tulsi |
| Invective Invictus | Prabhu Chawla | |
| Invincible Ordinance | Ajay Maken | Invincible: Ajay; Ordinance tearing episode (by Leonardo) |
| Invincible Pigeon | Ajeet Doval | Ajeet : Invincible, Doval: Dove/Pigeon |
| Jimmy Hill | Dr. Prannoy Roy | Dr. Roy’s nickname in England |
| Johnny Walker | Shekhar Gupta | “Walk The Talk” |
| Kamzor Govt | Aveek Sarkar | |
| Kashmiri Karz | Sajjad Lone | Karz : Loan |
| Khatam Karo TV | NDTV | (End It) TV :: NDTV |
| Lean Lioness | Tavleen Singh | Tav”Lean”; Singh: Lioness: |
| Leonardo | Rahul Gandhi | Raul Vinci |
| Lifelong Devotee | Chetan Bhagat | |
| Lord Angel | Mahohar Parrikar | |
| Lord of Men | Narendra Modi | |
| Lotus Khasta | Pankaj Pachauri | Kachauri: Pachauri. Pankaj: Kamal |
| Lotus Lord | Kamal Nath | Direct Translation of name |
| LTS | ||
| Mahabharat’s Author | ING Vysya | |
| Malayali Fence-sitter | ||
| Malgudi Maestro | Subramanian Swamy | Malgudi: Swami; |
| Maoist Mustard | Gopal Rai | |
| Meiyappan’s dad-in-law | Srinivasan Jain | Srinivasan – Cricket Administrator |
| Meme | AIMIM | |
| Mogambo | A. Poorie | Amrish Purie played role of Mogambo. |
| Mountainous Canard | Girish Karnad | Not Sure yet. |
| Mrs. Sword | Nupur Talwar | Direct Translation of name |
| Muffler | Arvind Kejriwal | No explanation reqd |
| Mulund Thread | ||
| Naja Naja Founder | Aniruddha Bahl | Cobra – Naja Naja |
| Noble Battle | Najeeb Jung | Najeeb: Noble; Jung: Battle |
| Paisa Friend | ManiPal | |
| Parole.in | Scroll.in | |
| Peaceful Hay | Shanti Bhushan | This is ultimate !!, Shanti: Peace, Bhushan: Bhoosa: Hay |
| Peeved Half Lion | PV Narsimha Rao | |
| Pehla Khamba | First Post | |
| Pleased Speakers | Prasenjit Bose | |
| Pleasurably Shy | Vinod Sharma | Not sure about it. |
| Pogromer | Jagdish Tytler | 1984 Pogrom accused. |
| Poor No. 3/ Wall | Rahul Dravid | |
| Posh Spice / Victoria / Internet Bindu | Sagarika Ghose | |
| Post Head | ||
| Pretty Cousin | ||
| Princess of Malava | Malavika Singh | |
| Prof. Univ. Graduate | Arvinder Singh Lovely | Lovely Professional University |
| Pudina Eames | Live Mint | |
| Pull King | Brijesh Mishra | |
| Quivering Lion | Arjun Singh | |
| Raw Fish | Shashi Tharoor | Raw Fish — Sushi…Shashi |
| Ray Spinner | Kiran Bedi | Kiran – Ray; Spinner – (Bishan Singh) Bedi |
| Red Cognac | Aruna Roy | Aruna – reddish tinge. CogNAC – National Advisory Council |
| Red Lord Granddad | Lal Krishna Advani | Lal – Red, Krishna – Lord |
| Resoluteji | Atal ji | |
| Reza Pehalwi | Amit Shah | Shah “Reza Pehalwi” |
| Rose Moon | Ajeet Gulabchand | Direct Translation of surname (Lavasa) |
| Rubaru Lion | ||
| Rusted Steel | Naveen Jindal | Jindal Steel. Rusted…..opposite of Naveen |
| Sandalwood François’ | Chandan Mitra | French President was Francois Mitterrand…pronunciation matches!! |
| Scary Spice | Barkha | |
| Seasonal Pride | Gaurav Sawant | |
| Secret Serving Dreamer | Swapan Das Gupta | Swapan: Dream; Das: service; Gupta: Secret |
| Shapely Golf Oil | Aakar Patel | Shape: Aakar. Oikl: Tel, Putt: Golf |
| Shy Silver | Rajat Sharma | Direct Translation of the Name |
| Sickle Poem | Kavita Krishnan | Kavita: Poem; A CPIML member : sickle |
| Silent Lion | Manmohan Singh | No explanation reqd |
| Sir Sloshed | Sir Mark Tully | |
| Slow Salim | Yogendra Yadav | Salim: His nickname in his family |
| So Bloody What | Mani Shankar Aiyar | Oft used phrase by Mani. Another one is “Bloody Middle Class Mentality”. |
| Soft Lion | Mulayam Singh | Direct Translation of name |
| Sporty Spice | Rana Ayyub | |
| Suitcase Niven | Harshad Mehta | |
| Sunrise | Uday Kotak | |
| Symbolic Red Rice | Pratik Kanjilal | |
| Tandav Hind | Mahesh Bhatt | Tandav: Shiv: Mahesh. Bhatt: Butt: Hind |
| Tandav Zaroor | Shiv Aroor | |
| Ted Battuta | CNN IBN | Ted Turner:CNN , IBN Battuta: IBN |
| Total Abyss | Kuldeep N | kul – total, abyss – deep |
| Trustworthy Poet | Kumar Vishwas | Vishwas: Trust |
| Twelve Brained Bandicoot | Sharad Pawar | Bara(h): Twelve; Mati: Brains;Baramati: Sharad Pawar. |
| Universal Lord | Anant Nath | |
| Useless Mountain | Girish Nikam | |
| Vasectomy Lion | Sanjay Singh (AAP) | Sanjay Gandhi – Forced Vascetomy during Emergency. Lion: Singh |
| Veshti Junior | Karti Chidambaram | |
| Veshti Warrior | P Chidambaram | |
| Victor Potter Lion | V K Singh | General Vijay Kumar Singh = V K Singh = Victor Potter (kumhar) Lion |
| Wake up Sid | Sidhartha Varadrajan | |
| Whoopi Goldberg | Mamta Banerjee | Whoopy:: Sister Act:: Didi:: Mamata |
| Wig Vivant | Suhel Seth | |
| Windy cucumber | Pawan Khera | Pawan = wind; Khera—Kheera = cucumber |
| Wooden Apostle | Dawood Ibrahim | (Da)Wood: Ibrahim: Apostle |
| Yo Yo Jane | Madhu Kishwar | Madhu:: Honey :: Yo Yo (Honey Singh), |
| Yo-Yo Teen Murg | Madhu Trehan | |
| Young Snuff | Tarun Tejpal | Tarun: Young |
