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When Calcutta was changed into Kolkata , a lot fo people had problems with it . Because of nostalgia and colonial hangover.

But now , I seriously think it was the best decision to change the name into Kolkata.

So I don't see why not.. it's already one of the official names. There's no reason not to rename it.

Also, whoa , such a strong reaction against mere rumors! This country truly is cursed with the wokes.

Originally posted by: DanmeiLover

When Calcutta was changed into Kolkata , a lot fo people had problems with it . Because of nostalgia and colonial hangover.

But now , I seriously think it was the best decision to change the name into Kolkata.

So I don't see why not.. it's already one of the official names. There's no reason not to rename it.

Also, whoa , such a strong reaction against mere rumors! This country truly is cursed with the wokes.

the thing is in rest of the world, when place names are changed to pre-colonial names or to indigenous names,the conservatives have problems with it.. and in India the political dynamics is totally opposite so will be interesting to see how the groups react online..

Originally posted by: Ocean_breeze

All I want to say is Delhi ko mast saja dhaja ke rakha hai for G20

Yes

Problem is even if Govt does something good for whatever reasons.

The citizens doesn't care to protect, preserve it rather think isko toh ganda and kharab karna hain.

G20 ka kaam has started from Dec last year itself.

Hope whatever good came out of this summit as in infrastructure and all won't be spoiled by people.

Originally posted by: blue-ice.1

My God .....the ridiculousness......

I was born in Bharat/India.......what is the problem with having both names.....Bharat is the official name just like India........

Bhai angrezi padhani bhi band karo.....itni samasya hai toh.....hadd kar dee inn logon ne....

Calm down

There is still no news that Bharat won't be called India.

It isn't about Hindi and English.

Bharat is our name and India was given to us by outsiders.

It is not that big of issue that people are making specially when there is no notification or anything has been issued, which cause any problems to the citizens.

Originally posted by: DanmeiLover

When Calcutta was changed into Kolkata , a lot fo people had problems with it . Because of nostalgia and colonial hangover.

But now , I seriously think it was the best decision to change the name into Kolkata.

So I don't see why not.. it's already one of the official names. There's no reason not to rename it.

Also, whoa , such a strong reaction against mere rumors! This country truly is cursed with the wokes.

True

I don't understand

The issue is not renaming rather giving importance to real name over the name given to us by outsiders.

On top of that no official announcement, but commenting against something bcoz we don't like them is the new trend in our Country.

Bharat name was some 4000 years old but India Hindoo are the names that India had even before it came to be called Bharat.

For the record the name India is derived from Hindu and Sindhu which are lot more ancient than Bharat.

In Bible it was referred to as Hindu desh.

I would like India to be referred as Hindustan or India instead of Bharat alone.

"It isn't about Hindi and English."

Well, basically, it is...and the international status of India is because of the English language (extensively learned in schools).

There is no doubt, that English has become the global language, although each language has it's own term for the homeland's name and foreign countries.

Bharat is Hindi, right? And there is also Hindustan and Hind for India (Jai Hind!)...and I guess, Tamil, Telugu; Malayalam and other prominent regional languages have their own name for their homeland...

But I assume that the government has something else in mind...

I won't tell people who know German, that I live in Germany, but in Deutschland... and if I do a journey to France or Switzerland speaking German I would say Frankreich and Schweiz... (but I certainly would continue to say that I do a journey to "Indien" and not say in German to "Bharat"...)

Originally posted by: blue-ice.1

WTF?? They are going to change India's name?? to what??

Aren't Bharat/Hindustan/India not good enough??

see this

Originally posted by: blue-ice.1

My God .....the ridiculousness......

I was born in Bharat/India.......what is the problem with having both names.....Bharat is the official name just like India........

Bhai angrezi padhani bhi band karo.....itni samasya hai toh.....hadd kar dee inn logon ne....

Elections aa rahe hain na, to ab yhi sab nautankiyan hogi to distract people from real issues.

Originally posted by: DanmeiLover

When Calcutta was changed into Kolkata , a lot fo people had problems with it . Because of nostalgia and colonial hangover.

But now , I seriously think it was the best decision to change the name into Kolkata.

So I don't see why not.. it's already one of the official names. There's no reason not to rename it.

Also, whoa , such a strong reaction against mere rumors! This country truly is cursed with the wokes.

Calcutta to Kolkata

Madras to Chennai

Bangalore to Bengaluru

Trivandrum to Thiruvananthapuram

Bombay to Mumbai

Mysore to Mysuru

Hubli to Hubbali

Cochin to Kochi

Pondicherry to Puducherry

Belgaum to Belagavi

Calicut to Kozhikode

All these and more changed in 2000s and no one batted n eyelid. Hungama happens only now.

Here is the list with year of change

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaming_of_cities_in_India