Renaming a City

Bangalore to Bengaluru

Does it make any sense to change the name of a City?


ruggedboyz said…
how progressive are we not , we are people who can put millions to change a humble name we care not for the tax paying public we are indiffrent to the ones that already got use to it , also to the cosmopolitian that has evovled their we only want to change name s and prove our superiority but we are only wasting money in the name of this silly rechristening

Saaya said…
guess the brand "BANGALORE" will remain even if it becomes "Bengaluru" !! guess instead of debating over name ; govt should concentrate on other important matters in the city. Our leaders are always very wise to redireect peoples attention to some unrelated topics to cover up urgent and important topics. If "Bengaluru" comes up along with better roads and less traffic jams; less cost of living as a package it makes a lot sense. otherwise it it "Bangalore " or "Bengaluru" it does not make difference for a normal bangalorean like me !!

Wise donkey said…
either way its fine. as long as we dont lose perspective on whats important. this is not a priority definitely.

Frenchita said…
Yes. All our cities should be named the Indian way ...no reminders of British or Muslim rule .. doing so is not taking away from any other priorities ..like feeding the poor .! but it does instill a sense of patriotism in us ..

Umesh says: said…
Re naming the city sometimes invite bring irritation to people.When bombay was renamed as mumbai there were a lot of agitation.Even I felt bit unusual. But Bengaluru, I Like it. Because it is Namma Bengaluru.It is a good beginninig for karnataka.

DecentmonKey said…
Rechristening in bits and parts, cities then airports etc.. with neither national consensus nor referandum shows the regionalism and whims and fancies of state governments or their leaders.. If renaming is desired by the people, it should start with renaming India as Bharat first..

Rajesh (Kachra King) said…
Well now a days folks dun know how to spell simple regional words .. they add english accent to them .. so whatz the point changing bangalore to bengaluru :P .. I doubt anyone can say it so traditionally .. but then its good to have the original names back .. i dun have anything against them ....

Rajeev Vashisht said…
Where public sentiments are involved, public should be allowed to do what they want.

Tejbir said…
change of name can be out of two reasons political or actual reason supported by the populace while earlier ends at being a gimmick and is never accepted vernacularly, the later is good as it answers the beliefs of the people and their history, culture and should be respected

Bepenfriends Blogs said…
It is a waste of time, effort. Instead of changing the name they must have changed the Infra structure of Bangalore. Anyway we are going to call as Bnagalore instead of Bengaluru.

o3ninja said…
hmph..whats in a name... i have seen places called " hell" ...even worse.. i know a place called "sample"...can you believe going there...seeing a signboard " You are in sample"...read it a few times fast to figure out what it says...but hey..they changed bombay to mumbai..so well..it doesn't make a damn difference...its a city..no one is going to tease a city you know. cities don't have feelings... all this ruckus for a name...