tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503156568202414466.post7490912753505089672..comments2023-10-21T07:27:50.239-04:00Comments on Blog? May be or may not be !!: Call it "MUMBAI" or just don't call it !!हेरंबhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11445717509548819556noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503156568202414466.post-85251663775508369342010-07-16T14:05:30.680-04:002010-07-16T14:05:30.680-04:00Anamik, Completely agree. Even I do the same thing...Anamik, Completely agree. Even I do the same thing always. I smash away 'BOMBAY' services by opponent by frequently using 'MUMBAI' while answering.<br />It's really so difficult and sad that we got to convince (even Marathi) people to call Mumbai by its original name and not by the name thrown by Brits !!हेरंबhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11445717509548819556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503156568202414466.post-82810991417499527282010-07-16T12:22:31.389-04:002010-07-16T12:22:31.389-04:00I myself stand firm with this very idea of blog......I myself stand firm with this very idea of blog...<br />I stay in Bangalore, and everybody around says Bombay..<br />Leave amarathi people, even our own marathi people, leaving inside/outside Mumbai/Maharashtra call it Bombay... But same stupid people will call Madras as Chennai, though Chennai being much more difficult to pronounce than Madras.<br /><br />I wonder whats wrong with people not accepting Mumbai, but every other changed city names !!!<br /><br />If our own Marathi people are also not willing to change, then why blame amarathi folks ??<br /><br />Its difficult to correct people who have sworn not to utter word Mumbai. But at least i make it a point to refer to it as Mumbai, even though opposite person is constantly referring it as Bombay...कल्पेश पाटीलhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14985383197027649353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503156568202414466.post-71761117523796900792010-07-13T13:18:28.122-04:002010-07-13T13:18:28.122-04:00Thanks Anand. That's true.Thanks Anand. That's true.हेरंबhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11445717509548819556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503156568202414466.post-9737760130195483612010-07-13T12:56:19.711-04:002010-07-13T12:56:19.711-04:00The point is perfect. All of my bihari/UP colleag...The point is perfect. All of my bihari/UP colleagues call it 'mumbai' and I sometimes mess that up calling it as 'bombay' :(आनंद पत्रेhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15589156020472585874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503156568202414466.post-85380714721441568362009-08-25T13:08:54.095-04:002009-08-25T13:08:54.095-04:00Do not misinterpret me ..I m nt against calling it...Do not misinterpret me ..I m nt against calling it mumbai..or for that matter i m nt siding calling it bombay...i m just against being so hung up abt this thing....For the past 70 or so yrs we have called mumbai Bombay..so it has gta identity with that name ...so we cant say that it is like very diff....we are nt calling Mumbai CHennai or Pune ..we are simply calling it Bombay which is in a way refers to Mumbai..R u trying to say that if we call mumbai bombay u ll nt understand wat we r talking abt or will u pretend Bombay does nt exist....You have already gone ahead and changed the name bk to Mumbai Officially...so once u hav done that ..u hav a right to and legally yes call it mumbai..but telling the whole world ...practically forcing the whole world to call it Mumbai..Y So...Divya Mehrotrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06962313702666199503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503156568202414466.post-48915065689046143052009-08-24T17:08:33.661-04:002009-08-24T17:08:33.661-04:00I completely agree with Heramb's point here an...I completely agree with Heramb's point here and being in UK for last 5 yrs, i came across this point several times myself. Every time i have to explain the same thing again what Heramb has mentioned to ppl here. But, I am so amazed with the fact that Brits have accepted & rather learned that it was their shortcoming that they cannot pronounce the word (and I prove it to them throwing some Sanskrit words to show that they have heavy toung !) Mumbai and they call (well they try again!!) it mumbai with what ever accent they have. There are few *Indian* people who still are not accepting the fact (or for some reason never want to face the fact) and changing the habit of calling it Mumbai. I face the genuine questions from Brits "why do some ppl in India still call it Bombay?" for which i have no answer to!!<br /><br />Though, rightly so, Mumbaikar feel it pride to call it Mumbai, it is not about being mumbaikar as such. It is all about getting your facts right and if Bombay was Mumbai (which it was) then why there is argument of not addressing it as Mumbai?<br /><br />@ Divya - about you being called as divs or D ... is fine as far as it is done anticipating that you still are divya! what about ppl start calling you Kamlesh completely forgetting that your original name was Divya. I am sure you parents would not like it neither you would! Believe me it is easy said rather than done ...Ameyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16412774787960438416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503156568202414466.post-73022717844819737272009-08-24T14:00:34.759-04:002009-08-24T14:00:34.759-04:00Didn't get clearly wht u were trying to say bu...Didn't get clearly wht u were trying to say but i didn't claim am speaking on behalf of whole mumbai. but being a mumbaikar for so many years i know the feelings of them. So expressed that. BTW, u never answered my questions.हेरंबhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11445717509548819556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503156568202414466.post-80802523774116215742009-08-24T13:23:27.890-04:002009-08-24T13:23:27.890-04:00Talk about u dont..how can u say the sme thing abt...Talk about u dont..how can u say the sme thing abt full mumbai population of mumbaikars,, and mumbai is nothing but grp for mumbaikars :P.. i talk nt only for mumbai but also like for Bangalore(bangaluru(original)Divya Mehrotrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06962313702666199503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503156568202414466.post-24559301000297003332009-08-24T13:00:13.242-04:002009-08-24T13:00:13.242-04:00two things
1. u might not get its intensity coz L...two things<br /><br />1. u might not get its intensity coz Lucknow does NOT have two names.<br /><br />2. other thing is u like urself to be called as either of divya, divas or D but Mumbai and mumbaikar dont.. <br /><br />:)हेरंबhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11445717509548819556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503156568202414466.post-31611991046394192162009-08-24T12:43:43.083-04:002009-08-24T12:43:43.083-04:00I don believe this u r just so hung up with mumbai...I don believe this u r just so hung up with mumbai..the same thing happens with bangalore as well and madras too at times... u r too engrossed with :bombay to realise that isnt it..n yes if a thing has two names wecan call watever...we will say...WATS In a name...I can be called divya or divs or D ...I ll still be the same..but ull alwys be stuck.Divya mehrotrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661521364676858052noreply@blogger.com