Saturday, July 14, 2007

Whats in a name?

"What's in a name? That which we call a rose,By any other name would smell as sweet."
--From Romeo and Juliet (II, ii, 1-2)
Shakespeare
Read on the front page of the times today that bangalore and 12 other cities in Karnataka will be renamed to more "desi" versions, as proposed by various "literateurs" and local politicians(ha!). Remember a similar movement in Maharashtra a few years ago when bombay became mumbai and victoria terminus became chhatrapati shivaji terminus.
guess no one believes shakespeare any more.. why else would vivek oberoi become viveik oberoi and himesh call his debut flick a movviee??
i wonder if these so called literateurs checked wid mr. jumani(or is it jumaaani or jumaneee???)and company before renaming these cities. otherwise a few more millions of the taxpayers'(thats US) money will be spent on new road signs, railway stations, and of course the celebratory functions and parties by the people involved.
anyway, life goes on. sheikspearrr better eat his words and join the club.
Rraghuveirr.
PJ:wots Himesh's wife's name? Shemesh.

Friday, July 13, 2007

Its good to be back!

Finally got the net working for networking today. Man the things we take for granted!