Calcutta V/S Kolkata Comments

Change can be good if there is a valid reason, but was there in this case?

Absolutely Rajnish ji! I too, do not understand the logic of changing names of places, stations and roads. Bombay changed to Mumbai, Calcutta changed to Kolkata, Madras changed to Chennai......so on. Just by changing names what do we achieve? Our perception does not change at all. What a pity! .......10

I agree with you about changing place names. My own city, Wanganui, was changed needlessly to 'Whanganui', which is actually worse. Do not change place names unless absolutely necessary.

Very true. Nothing will change except pleasing voters. A thought provoking poem.10++++

When the road indicator with name 'Guru Virjanand Marg' was fixed recently in my locality in Delhi where I have already lived for about 35 years, I was intrigued as I had never heard of this Guru. On googling about him, I found that he was a blind sage of Mathura and only known as the celebrated teacher of Swami Dayanand Saraswati who founded the Arya Samaj.

Indeed, the name changing spree seems to be far too rampant these days. Race Course Metro station has been re-named as Lok Kalyan Marg Metro Station. In a joke shared on Whatsapp, a man went to a restaurant and asked for Mughal parantha. The waiter told him that it is now know as 'Deen Dayal Upadhyay' parantha!

Changing of names or renaming a place won't change the behavior of its people or its culture and identity. A nice poem indeed. Your composition is so sweet.

AND YES CALL A ROSE by any name it will still smell like rose KOLKATA IS LOCAL BENGALI ACCENT ONLY do you know why CALCUTTA was so named Some British lady sked a guy in English what place in ENGLISH what place is this He did not follow and said kul kttta cut yesterday grass SHE SAID OF CALCUTTA NICE NAME

do you know why CALCUTTA was so named Some British lady sked a guy in English what place in ENGLISH what place is this He did not follow and said kul kttta cut yesterday grass SHE SAID OF CALCUTTA NICE NAME

From historical period and cultural aspects / personality the poem is well penned, thanks for sharing

This previous name Calcutta, capital of Eastern Indian state of West Bengal has been changed to Kolkata. In this regard you have composed this a beautiful poem and shared amazingly,

(cont.) in my lifetime in the U.S. at least two major airports have been renamed after U.S. presidents, and also the NASA center for launching astronauts into space. and schools have been (re) named for presidents and civil rights activists. i hope to have an outdoor toilet renamed in MY honor! ! ! Please support my dream! ! sometimes we do change the way we see, for 'good' or 'bad'. but i like the last line and the rest. to MyPoemList. bri :)

(cont.) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar Born Ishwar Chandra Bandopadhyay 26 September 1820 Occupation Writer, philosopher, scholar, educator, translator, publisher, reformer, philanthropist (cont.)

It’s official. The iconic, historic Mughalsarai railway station, near Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, is now Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Junction, after the RSS pracharak who was mysteriously found dead at this station in 1968. (cont.)

Yes, I was intrigued by the change from 'Calcutta' to 'Kolkota'. You express the name change in packed, concise words, which give an overall impression of elegance and wit 'Nothing has changed with this change'. I think that you are making real progress in technique.