While everybody showered Saif Ali Khan and wife Kareena Kapoor Khan with love on the arrival of their first baby together, it took as little as the boy's name for the Twitteratti to turn against the couple. When the parents announced their son's name, Taimur Ali Khan Pataudi, all hell broke loose with every Twitter egg taking a moment to openly describe how the choice of name is not in good taste.
'Taimur' is a name that can be read in history books. Taimur the Lame, also called Timur, was a brutal Mongol invader who conquered many parts of Persia and central Asia. He called himself the "Sword of Islam" and used religious symbols for his conquests. He is known to have slaughtered hundreds of thousands of Indians on his way to capture Delhi in the 14th century. The announcement soon followed by people lashing out at the two actors on social media, and the media giving out detailed history lessons one the tyrant.
The newborn has already got his first taste for controversy courtesy his unique name. Both, Saif, and Kareena belong to prominent Bollywood families. Kareena Kapoor Khan belongs to the first family of the film industry, her grandfather being Raj Kapoor and her great-grandfather Prithviraj Kapoor. Saif, the Nawab of Pataudi, is on to yesteryear actress Sharmila Tagore and former Indian cricket captain Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi.
