On 5 June 2011 14:48, Tony de Sa <[email protected]> wrote: > In the beginning there was Madraspatnam. This became Madras under British > rule. Since that was not what the locals called it, it became Chennai. Not > to be left behind, the citizens of O Calcutta felt that it did not meet the > needs of the local tongue so it became Kolkata. Not to be found lagging > behind, the Maharastrians could not stand amchi Mumbai being called Bombay > or Bombaim so Mumbai it became. >
The Iata code for Bombay is still BOI and then it's still the Bombay Stock Exchange; somethings never change. Now what does one write on an application for a New Passport if one was born in Bombay and not Mumbai? The birth certificate/baptism cert states Bombay! -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
