Changing Delhi's name: Dear Modi, please avoid Mamata Banerjee's style of doing thing

[V.Balasubramani]

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Changing Delhi's name: Dear Modi, please avoid Mamata Banerjee's style of doing things

The Narendra Modi government now wants to change the name of the country's capital with not one but two new names. It is said that changing the name of New Delhi into the Imperial City of Delhi and that of Old Delhi into the Imperial City of Shahjehnabad could earn the national capital a heritage status from the Unesco and that in turn will boost international tourism. [Delhi to get a new name again?]Is the reasoning very convincing?

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[renuka]

?????

I thought at least the name change to Indraprastha or Hastinapur would sound more logical.

 

[sarang]

I agree.

I thought at least the name change to Indraprastha or Hastinapur would sound more logical.

 

[vgane]

Why add an Imperial tag to a city when we have moved away from British rule....Indraprastha would be the right choice!

I live in a place called Gurgaon..The correct name is Guru Gram (village of Guru) .. Guru Dronacharya's land was here which was gifted by King Dhritarashtra..Unfortunately the powers that be (Read UPA) were not interested in naming it correctly as it was being associated with something Hindu