Not at all. What locals called Calcutta. The left adopted it.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Anthony P. D'Costa, Chair & Professor of Contemporary Indian Studies Australia India Institute and School of Social & Political Sciences University of Melbourne, 147-149 Barry Street, Carlton VIC 3053, AUSTRALIA Ph: +61 3 9035 6161 Visit the Australia India Institute Website http://www.aii.unimelb.edu.au/ New: After-Development Dynamics (on South Korea) http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780198729433.do Forthcoming Book: http://www.tandf.net/books/details/9780415564953/ New Book Series (Dynamics of Asian Development) http://www.springer.com/series/13342 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent from my iPad > On Sep 9, 2015, at 01:03, Doug Henwood <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> On Sep 8, 2015, at 10:55 AM, raghu <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 5:58 PM, Anthony D'Costa <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> Ah yes, poor Calcutta gets a bad rap whatever the context;) >> >> >> >> It is 'Kolkata', Anthony! > > Could someone explain the politics of the name to me? Is "Kolkata" Hindu > nationalist, or is it more reputable than that? > > Doug > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
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