Bangalore, others 11 cities to get their old names back

On Karnataka Formation Day, the state capital and 11 other cities and towns are going back to their old names. It is happening almost a decade after Kannada writer UR Ananthamurthy's proposal that the IT city's name is officially changing from the anglicised Bangalore to the Kannada-accented Bengaluru.Tinu Cherian Abraham, a blogger, said, "I see a lot of buzz. People talking about it, people taking opposite sides of it. But at the end of the day, it's just a name. What's in a name? We are all Bangalore-d."Aporup Acharya, a stand-up comic, said, "If it's like these North Indians, they'll continue to say Banglaaaur. Malayalees will continue to say 'njan Banglooril poyi'. Anglo Indians and the Cantonment type people will keep saying 'Bangalore'or 'Bangy'."Along with Bangalore, 11 other cities in Karnataka will now be called by a new name. These include Mysore which will become Mysuru, Mangalore will be Mangaluru and Shimoga will be Shivamoga.People may call it Bangalore or Bengaluru, but for the people of the city it's only a change of spelling as the spirit of the city will remain the same.