Good morning, Bengaluru

The Karnataka government has decided to implement a suggestion from Jnanpith awardee U R Ananthamurthy that the IT City, along the lines of Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai, revert to its precolonial Kannada name, 'Bengaluru'. Chief minister N Dharam Singh told reporters in Gulbarga on Sunday

The name-change demand was placed by Ananthamurthy during an interaction between the CM and litterateurs on December 5 to chalk out plans for the celebration of Suvarna Karnataka

The 'u' vowel distinguishes our language, just like the 'o' in Kolkata is distinct to Bengali. By adding the 'u,' even words like chair-u and table-u become Kannada," Ananthamurthy said. Singh maintained that he was convinced about the genuineness of the demand. "The name change will give it the feel of Kannada.

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I love the name Bangalore..and will refer to it as such for the rest of my life. I however, have no problems if the Government thinks that a name change is required, not that I see anything beneficial coming out of it...what is in a name anyway..

Here's what I found odd though...this guy Ananthamurthy, who is apparently a Kannada literate, might have sounded more convincing if he handn't used "chair-u" and "table-u"
to bolster his argument..

He is a moron..sorry moron-u in his case ;-)