Umm..I think the crores that will go into renaming everything.. from legal paperwork to what-have-you could have been better used. Bangalore is known internationally .. 'Bangalored' is a widely-used phrase.. so now it'll be Bengaloorued??? Any side-effects that the first half of the name spells Bengal?
In Kannada it was pronounced Bengalooru anyway...so technically the two names always existed. Jess --- Nishant Shah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > IMHO this has got nothing to do with either the > progress or introjection of > the city into the past. When shiv sena did it with > Bombay, they too were > playing the same politics. I think this is one of > the last vestiges of the > fact that Indian states were created on the basis of > language...and now that > the outsider is no longer the fair skinned seven > seas invader but from > within the nation - Bangalore is facing huge > migration right now, about > 5,000 new people every month - the traditional > Kannadiga identity faces a > huge threat. > > This move at renaming is a recognition of the fact > that the outsiders cannot > be stopped anymore but the local can be created - > even if only in the > language and the signage that identifies a > particular place. I don't see > what the big deal about renaming the city is...most > cities have two names > anyway. Ahmedabad, for example, for any localite > will always be Amdawad and > it doesn't create a lot of problem. > > This is just a political move to assuage the rising > local hostilities to > make things easier for the embrace of globalisation > - without which of > course, we will all die and be poor and illiterate. > sob! > > Nishant > > On 12/12/05, Jessica Prabhakar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > --- Biju Chacko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On 12/12/05, Jessica Prabhakar > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > He seems determined to drag Bangalore back > into > > > the > > > > 70s or earlier. A pot of beans? > > > > > > Bangalore was called Bengaluru in the '70s ??? > Or do > > > you mean something else? > > > > > > -- b > > > > > > PS: I didn't know you were on this list. > Welcome! > > > > > > > > > > He seems to be retracting all progress made by the > > previous CM.. step by step. > > > > Yes, been lurking for a year or more.. I think I > > beeped now and then! > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > > -- > Nishant says > Tell me something about yourself. > Go ahead...tell all > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
