What is the deal with people out there..? Why in the Gods NAME will they go about changing names? First it was Chennai from Madras, then amchi Mumbai from Bombay… Then people start playing around the states, with new ones like Uttranchal, Jharkand… Why..? Does anybody think the impact this can have on 14 year olds trying to cram in for their upcoming geography test? Or how I have to change the name my previous post, making it totally out of context?
And Bengalooru? It sounds like name for a asylum, or maybe I am being too harsh on the ‘Bengal’ part of it! And I think changing the name for a global address, much frequented by the cyber czars, like Bangalore will only not make for a favorable impression. At least, I would not be happy with post addressed to me, Bengalooru in capital letters…
8 comments:
has Mysore not become Mysoru or some such?? its quite ridiculous....
Also, why am i The Mighty Turks?!
i shall overlook the 'bengal' bit.
and what strikes me as especially nutty is the amount of money spent in changing the names on every signboard in every part of the bloody city.
hellooooo? wasn't the whole world[oh well or some of it] screaming bloody murder over the crumbling infrastructure of bangalo...oops! bengalooru.
a ban on all bollywood/hollywood movies, insisting on kannada as the medium of education in primary schools...
what is the world[oooooooh well or some of it ;-)] coming to??
sigh...
szerelem:: Mysoru is on the cards..!! And we have few additions to the Oxford Dictionary lined up with the way things are shaping up around here...
Miss*:: the "bengal" bit might be the only bit to consider, a subtle recognition towards the root for all these idiosyncrasies..!! Big Bong Theory..!! ahem, and It will be either Bengaluru as N Dharam Singh put it in his term, or Bengaloooru, as the man who mooted the idea, Jnanaipith award winner U R Ananthamurthy, wants it. I Could not care less!! and with the other issues like ban on movies,kannada in primary education, With all this regional chauvinism, will anybody at the centre do anything about it??
if u dont care how u have so many details...huh? huh?
liar!
suri. salil suri?
Miss*:: The Details bit of it, is my thing.. i prefer not to be a victim of information asymmetry!!
ashwin:: such high praise from an established veteran can only encourage people to push harder... Well, with you going overboard, what did you expect..? heh.. Now that the CAT has belled you, better take blogging seriously..!!
Joylita:: My Cover has been blown, The name is Suri, Salil Suri..!! Loved your blog, though, still going through it!!
P.S. How is the 'I' ..?
Incredible. I didnt even know they had a plan to change it to bengalooru...well its a great way to confuse americans..
"Those fuckin indians!...steal are jobs!..we've been banga-lored!"
"Hey Jeff!...you gotta see this...Bangalore isnt there anymore!!...woo hoo!...we're saved!"
Little did they know...** ;-p
These scheming politicians I tell you,,, you would never know when they will creep up on you with another of their surprises..
Next semester when you get your flight ticket, it might read: ‘Mangalooru’ to Delhi.. Sigh!!
Though taking the Americans for a ride is an idea..!!
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