What’s the deal with Rafale? No one knows how to pronounce it in India
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What’s the deal with Rafale? No one knows how to pronounce it in India

No one is really sure, not least our politicians.

   
Fighter Jet

Rafale Riat-2009 | Source: Wikimedia Commons

From Congress president Rahul Gandhi to defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman, the ‘Rafale’ is frequently deployed in the war between the Congress and the BJP, and yet, an often overlooked casualty is the word itself – Just how is it pronounced? Rafaale? Rafael? Rafile? Rafaal? No one is really sure, not least our politicians.