Name Change

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The Indian Express suggests that the Karnataka Chief Minister N. Dharam Singh has initiated steps to rename “Bangalore” to “Bengaluru.”

Bombay became Mumbai, Calcutta became Kokatta, Madras became Chennai. India to be called Hindustan?

I think the Chief Minister has better things to do for his state and this sort of idiocy needs to stop. Does it force upon people a benign form of patriotism or nationalism to refer to their city by an ancient and somewhat archaic name? I think it just confuses people and makes it even harder for people to do business in India (ooops, Bharath, no Hindustan, no hamara desh – ugh, whatever).

By the way, I'll continue to always tell people that I grew up Madras, politics [and politicians] be damned.