So, the politicians of India are up at it again.
As if, changing of names of institutions, gardens and streets were not enough, a new trend has started - Changing names of cities.
After Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai finally it’s Bangalore.
The Karnataka government has 'finally' decided to rename Bangalore to Bengaluru !!
Well, how does it matter?
Perhaps Calcutta has eradicated poverty after being renamed Kolkata.
Perhaps Bombay has less corruption when called Mumbai.
Perhaps the water problem has been solved by calling city as Chennai and not Madras.
Who knows the road and infrastructure of Bangalore can be solved in a similar way!!
Or the idea is to give a new image to this city? We all know that Bangalore was in news recently because of the lack of infrastructure and good roads. Changing the name would simply wipe out this bad image acquired so far by “Bangalore” and Bangaluru can start fresh with clean history. A well know verse in hindi “Na Rahega Baas na Bajegee Bansuri”
Now Imagine the cost involved. All the streets, govt. records, maps, etc etc should be changed. If we know how much changing the name would cost we would certainly be wary of it. Later the govt. will need to implement the legislation.
The only people whom I can think of, who will be benefited with this change in name are those corrupt politicians who would now earn those *extra* emotional votes from the less intelligent man of the society.
Does it make us more Kannadiga when we call Bangalore, Bengaluru?
Will it make me more Indian when I call India as Hindustan, or Bharat?
Let the govt. publish how much it will take just to change a name, and we will see that all the sensible people will opt against such measure.
Laws should be enacted to avoid such name changing which has become the norm and the power should lie with the central govt.
Names should be changed only when "absolutely necessary".
(However I don't know why it would be "absolutely necessary" to change a name of the city after this 50 years of Independence.)
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Very right... it just a matter of votes !!!
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Umesh--
might I (for sake of the non-Hindi-literate reader [viz., yours truly]) trouble you for the favor of a translation of the bon-mot? --
Na Rahega Baas na Bajegee Bansuri”
thanks!
d.i.
well it means "There won't be any Flutes (and hence no one could play it) if there are no Bamboos".
The story for the same goes like this... there was a king who was pissed off with a guy in his kingdom who was a good flute player and the people just loved to listen to his flute.
King's minister adviced Him that only way he can make the Flute Guy less popular is by stopping him from playing the flute. So the King orderd that no one in his kingdom should plant Bamboo Trees. And burned down all the existing one. As a result this flute player had no resource to make his flute and thus could play no music.
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