RENAME
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Should we go on changing names? “What’s there in a name?” That was told by Shakespeare some hundred of years back.
We still follow colonial rules; our communication in colleges and schools are in English, we too applaud if some one is recognized by a British establishment. But because of inferiority complex or some thing else or vote bank policy, I do not know we go on changing names
Millions will be spend for Renaming in Government pads, stamps, official papers, air ports, railway stations and rest of the places. There is no end to this. We criticized some one for the spelling of Orissa written as Udisha in 1965-66. Now that will be the spelling for Orissa!!
If we go on changing all the names because it’s pronounced in local language differently then next 100 years we will be busy in changing names only.
Some one pointed out “because corruption, bribery, terrorism, pollution, health care, poverty can not be changed or stopped over night this one is the easiest way to draw attention- -change the name. The other bad trend is naming some airport, stadium, railway station in name of Gods, Politicians, and unknown freedom fighters .The dumdum airport is called NCB airport but if you look carefully the Name CALCUTTA AIRPORT is still there. If we change the name of Balasore to Baleswar what we get, Premium or prejudice? Do we really have swaviman, do Oriyas talk in Oriya amongst them selves? For me this is just an anti colonial feeling nothing else. English vocabulary does not have some words which we have. But unfortunately no body has come forward and criticized this recent phenomenon of changing the name. Next time Balasore will be known as Fakir Mohan station!! Rourkela will be known as Birsa munda Railway station and Howrah as mother Teresa rail way station!! As you have noticed, now there are hundreds of Nehru OPDs in hospital, thousands of Rajiv Gandhi stadiums across the country, what a confused country!! Let’s write Udisha” when we write in odiya not as it’s pronounced in English that way it will be better. Let’s not rename those nostalgic “names” of hundred of years and create confusion, we have become global, isn’t it?
Carry on country men change the name of India to Indira that will be the “THE END”.. “Bharat mata ki jay”
SANJOY KUMAR SATPATHY
House No4,Plot:402/2362,Atpost Patia,Bhubaneswar-751031
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Should we go on changing names? “What’s there in a name?” That was told by Shakespeare some hundred of years back.
We still follow colonial rules; our communication in colleges and schools are in English, we too applaud if some one is recognized by a British establishment. But because of inferiority complex or some thing else or vote bank policy, I do not know we go on changing names
Millions will be spend for Renaming in Government pads, stamps, official papers, air ports, railway stations and rest of the places. There is no end to this. We criticized some one for the spelling of Orissa written as Udisha in 1965-66. Now that will be the spelling for Orissa!!
If we go on changing all the names because it’s pronounced in local language differently then next 100 years we will be busy in changing names only.
Some one pointed out “because corruption, bribery, terrorism, pollution, health care, poverty can not be changed or stopped over night this one is the easiest way to draw attention- -change the name. The other bad trend is naming some airport, stadium, railway station in name of Gods, Politicians, and unknown freedom fighters .The dumdum airport is called NCB airport but if you look carefully the Name CALCUTTA AIRPORT is still there. If we change the name of Balasore to Baleswar what we get, Premium or prejudice? Do we really have swaviman, do Oriyas talk in Oriya amongst them selves? For me this is just an anti colonial feeling nothing else. English vocabulary does not have some words which we have. But unfortunately no body has come forward and criticized this recent phenomenon of changing the name. Next time Balasore will be known as Fakir Mohan station!! Rourkela will be known as Birsa munda Railway station and Howrah as mother Teresa rail way station!! As you have noticed, now there are hundreds of Nehru OPDs in hospital, thousands of Rajiv Gandhi stadiums across the country, what a confused country!! Let’s write Udisha” when we write in odiya not as it’s pronounced in English that way it will be better. Let’s not rename those nostalgic “names” of hundred of years and create confusion, we have become global, isn’t it?
Carry on country men change the name of India to Indira that will be the “THE END”.. “Bharat mata ki jay”
SANJOY KUMAR SATPATHY
House No4,Plot:402/2362,Atpost Patia,Bhubaneswar-751031
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