[lbo-talk] Mumbai bombings

uvj at vsnl.com uvj at vsnl.com
Sat Jul 15 08:39:50 PDT 2006


Doug Henwood wrote:

On Jul 14, 2006, at 10:30 PM, Aditya Mopur wrote:
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> > bombay
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> Ok, so what are the politics of the renaming?

Why Peking was changed to Beijing and Saigon to Ho Chi Minh City? The Left Front in Bengal changed Calcutta to Kolkata. Trichur was changed to Trissur in Kerala. What's the politics of renaming?

Ulhas



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