Comments on: Bengaluru or the Tyranny of the Intellectual http://www.sandeepweb.com/2005/12/22/bengaluru-or-the-tyranny-of-the-intellectual/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:41:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: ravi http://www.sandeepweb.com/2005/12/22/bengaluru-or-the-tyranny-of-the-intellectual/comment-page-1/#comment-237410 ravi Fri, 02 May 2008 12:46:08 +0000 http://www.sandeepweb.com/?p=462#comment-237410 Madras is always Madras, no matter whoever changes it or calls it otherwise. Changes are so much irritating and make life more difficult . I always say Madras as I'm used to from childhood but people around me frown as I've uttered some obscene word. Well, If you don't like british names or anything done by british then, why do you still celebrate Jan 1st as New year? We have seperate Tamil New Year right? Why don't you destroy the high courts, railway tracks constructed by british & reconstruct from the start? Sounds stupid right... Same way, It sounds stupid to change from Madras to Chennai when both co-existed without any problem. Now , only Chennai exists . where's my magnificent Madras? My DOB Certificate lists it as Madras. A'm I born in a city which does not exist? These changes promote regionalism & not nationalism… which will ultimately result in a separate Country ThamizlNadu(Once known as the State of Madras). Don't know where will it End? Madras is always Madras, no matter whoever changes it or calls it otherwise.

Changes are so much irritating and make life more difficult . I always say Madras as I’m used to from childhood but people around me frown as I’ve uttered some obscene word.

Well, If you don’t like british names or anything done by british then, why do you still celebrate Jan 1st as New year? We have seperate Tamil New Year right? Why don’t you destroy the high courts, railway tracks constructed by british & reconstruct from the start? Sounds stupid right… Same way, It sounds stupid to change from Madras to Chennai when both co-existed without any problem. Now , only Chennai exists . where’s my magnificent Madras? My DOB Certificate lists it as Madras. A’m I born in a city which does not exist? These changes promote regionalism & not nationalism… which will ultimately result in a separate Country ThamizlNadu(Once known as the State of Madras).

Don’t know where will it End?

]]> By: I M Ananthamurthy http://www.sandeepweb.com/2005/12/22/bengaluru-or-the-tyranny-of-the-intellectual/comment-page-1/#comment-219104 I M Ananthamurthy Tue, 15 Jan 2008 01:13:25 +0000 http://www.sandeepweb.com/?p=462#comment-219104 “Masalae Dosae Sahiti” ? I was thinking "Benne Dose Sahiti". Benne - Kannada Maska - Hindi Butter - English . . . . . . “Masalae Dosae Sahiti” ?
I was thinking “Benne Dose Sahiti”.
Benne – Kannada
Maska – Hindi
Butter – English
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]]> By: Seriously Sandeep » Sunday Slug Fest: Anantha Murthy and Bhyrappa http://www.sandeepweb.com/2005/12/22/bengaluru-or-the-tyranny-of-the-intellectual/comment-page-1/#comment-181957 Seriously Sandeep » Sunday Slug Fest: Anantha Murthy and Bhyrappa Sun, 03 Jun 2007 12:46:47 +0000 http://www.sandeepweb.com/?p=462#comment-181957 [...] Anantha Murthy is no stranger to my blog. Anantha Murthy is vocally clear about his Communist sympathies. His Beijing Diary (?) records eyewitness events–in Kannada–during his stay at Beijing when the Tiananmen Square massacre happened. That travelogue has not a single word of reproof against the Chinese government’s savagery. Anantha Murthy’s fame as a wire-puller is legendary. From securing appointments to Vice Chancellorships to chairmanships of various cultural boards to bagging the Jnanapith to obtaining free land doled out by the government, he has done it all. Interestingly, when he secured prime land in Dollars Colony when J.H. Patel was heading Karnataka, fellow-travellers like G.K. Govinda Rao yelled murder. Murthy it seems, is skillful in spotting well-ahead, which way the road bends. From a revolution-monging Communist, he has been spotted recently with Dalit/backward class leaders like Mallikarjun Kharge. [...] [...] Anantha Murthy is no stranger to my blog. Anantha Murthy is vocally clear about his Communist sympathies. His Beijing Diary (?) records eyewitness events–in Kannada–during his stay at Beijing when the Tiananmen Square massacre happened. That travelogue has not a single word of reproof against the Chinese government’s savagery. Anantha Murthy’s fame as a wire-puller is legendary. From securing appointments to Vice Chancellorships to chairmanships of various cultural boards to bagging the Jnanapith to obtaining free land doled out by the government, he has done it all. Interestingly, when he secured prime land in Dollars Colony when J.H. Patel was heading Karnataka, fellow-travellers like G.K. Govinda Rao yelled murder. Murthy it seems, is skillful in spotting well-ahead, which way the road bends. From a revolution-monging Communist, he has been spotted recently with Dalit/backward class leaders like Mallikarjun Kharge. [...]

]]> By: N.S. Manjunath http://www.sandeepweb.com/2005/12/22/bengaluru-or-the-tyranny-of-the-intellectual/comment-page-1/#comment-166415 N.S. Manjunath Tue, 09 Jan 2007 19:08:40 +0000 http://www.sandeepweb.com/?p=462#comment-166415 English Mahajanagaley! Swalpa Englishnallu Bengalooru antha heli. Adharinda akasha yenu keligey beelodhilla. Just think, who says Peking today? Its Beijing right? Just reflect on this...QED. Even then Peking was in Oxford Dictionary:) English Mahajanagaley!

Swalpa Englishnallu Bengalooru antha heli. Adharinda akasha yenu keligey beelodhilla.

Just think, who says Peking today? Its Beijing right? Just reflect on this…QED. Even then Peking was in Oxford Dictionary:)

]]> By: Amith http://www.sandeepweb.com/2005/12/22/bengaluru-or-the-tyranny-of-the-intellectual/comment-page-1/#comment-165704 Amith Fri, 29 Dec 2006 05:42:21 +0000 http://www.sandeepweb.com/?p=462#comment-165704 Adding to it, there are more serious issues we need to look at instead of wasting our time and money on this comsetic move. Adding to it, there are more serious issues we need to look at instead of wasting our time and money on this comsetic move.

]]> By: Amith http://www.sandeepweb.com/2005/12/22/bengaluru-or-the-tyranny-of-the-intellectual/comment-page-1/#comment-165703 Amith Fri, 29 Dec 2006 05:40:01 +0000 http://www.sandeepweb.com/?p=462#comment-165703 "Bangalore or Bengaluru, doesn't really matter". If that statement is really true, then why on earth are they bent upon changing the name. Bangalore is a brand that has been created. It has made its way to Oxford dictionary too. Changing it's name at this juncture is not a good idea. Both Bangalore and Bengalooru co-exist today. Let it be that way. Because for a lot of people it's Bangalore not Bengalooru. Amith, BANGALORE “Bangalore or Bengaluru, doesn’t really matter”. If that statement is really true, then why on earth are they bent upon changing the name.

Bangalore is a brand that has been created. It has made its way to Oxford dictionary too. Changing it’s name at this juncture is not a good idea.

Both Bangalore and Bengalooru co-exist today. Let it be that way. Because for a lot of people it’s Bangalore not Bengalooru.

Amith,
BANGALORE

]]> By: Bharath http://www.sandeepweb.com/2005/12/22/bengaluru-or-the-tyranny-of-the-intellectual/comment-page-1/#comment-160601 Bharath Sun, 05 Nov 2006 13:41:51 +0000 http://www.sandeepweb.com/?p=462#comment-160601 Hmmm....A gimmik for the cayse of kannada is always welcome as long as it doen't harm anyone. I support the name change. Regarding URA's delayed realization of changing the name to "Bengaluru"!!!! Wats the big deal???? Hmmm….A gimmik for the cayse of kannada is always welcome as long as it doen’t harm anyone. I support the name change.
Regarding URA’s delayed realization of changing the name to “Bengaluru”!!!!
Wats the big deal????

]]> By: The Acorn » Bangalore and Babri http://www.sandeepweb.com/2005/12/22/bengaluru-or-the-tyranny-of-the-intellectual/comment-page-1/#comment-160192 The Acorn » Bangalore and Babri Thu, 02 Nov 2006 02:36:07 +0000 http://www.sandeepweb.com/?p=462#comment-160192 [...] Those seeking to explain the reasons for the change have not strayed far from the reasons offered by its proponents—that it setts right the wrongs of colonialism. But anti-colonialism just does not click in a city as cosmopolitan, as globalised and as forward-looking as Bangalore. A few chauvinists-looking-for-self-aggrandisement apart, most residents of Bangalore care little about the English spelling of their city. Kannadigas and local residents used to call it Bengaluru anyway. Some political observers are likely to see this as the latest in a trend that caused Calcutta, Bombay and Madras (remember them?) re-spell their names in English. But is no mistaking that the “let’s rename our city” agenda only crops up with governments suffering from policy-bankruptcy looking to do something that grabs the headlines. [Indeed, once they are done with reverting to ‘pre-colonial’ names, the new wave might even—a la Bollywood—numerology : Benggalooroo?] [...] [...] Those seeking to explain the reasons for the change have not strayed far from the reasons offered by its proponents—that it setts right the wrongs of colonialism. But anti-colonialism just does not click in a city as cosmopolitan, as globalised and as forward-looking as Bangalore. A few chauvinists-looking-for-self-aggrandisement apart, most residents of Bangalore care little about the English spelling of their city. Kannadigas and local residents used to call it Bengaluru anyway. Some political observers are likely to see this as the latest in a trend that caused Calcutta, Bombay and Madras (remember them?) re-spell their names in English. But is no mistaking that the “let’s rename our city” agenda only crops up with governments suffering from policy-bankruptcy looking to do something that grabs the headlines. [Indeed, once they are done with reverting to ‘pre-colonial’ names, the new wave might even—a la Bollywood—numerology : Benggalooroo?] [...]

]]> By: asfas http://www.sandeepweb.com/2005/12/22/bengaluru-or-the-tyranny-of-the-intellectual/comment-page-1/#comment-131853 asfas Mon, 12 Jun 2006 10:31:03 +0000 http://www.sandeepweb.com/?p=462#comment-131853 You i*** why link name change with infrasturucture,IT anything..It should have happened on time or the other.. then why did rename bombay,madras,calculatta after decades ? Then all indians are zealots.. Don't link un related topics..what ever it will open eyes of non kannadigas to little lingo aspects of kannada and history.. I fully support it You i*** why link name change with infrasturucture,IT anything..It should have happened on time or the other.. then why did rename bombay,madras,calculatta after decades ?

Then all indians are zealots..

Don’t link un related topics..what ever it will open eyes of non kannadigas to little lingo aspects of kannada and history..

I fully support it

]]> By: shiva http://www.sandeepweb.com/2005/12/22/bengaluru-or-the-tyranny-of-the-intellectual/comment-page-1/#comment-103153 shiva Thu, 29 Dec 2005 03:05:46 +0000 http://www.sandeepweb.com/?p=462#comment-103153 "Masalae Dosae Sahiti" and URA. The best one I have heard of this pompous character in some time. “Masalae Dosae Sahiti” and URA. The best one I have heard of this pompous character in some time.

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