No offense meant to any of you guys here...BUT...Is it just the taste that we have? or Is it the 'change' that we are not willing to accept subconciously? :)
Bharat, I grew up in Madras and have so much gotten used to that name, that I have more memories of Madras than Chennai. So probably I am finding it hard to handle the name change. I still use only Bombay, Madras and Bangalore!
amma kelambina odane chennai pathi nenapa?
ReplyDeleteOMG! My thoughts exactly!!! Isn't madras so much more cooler - like not temp, but u know.. :))
ReplyDeleteI agree !!
ReplyDeleteOh well.. home is where the heart is. :)
ReplyDeleteI too agree... Madras is more mesmerising name
ReplyDeletehmmm I also abide by the lines "Madras namma Madras" but i don mind the change of name...after all the city is what it has always been, my HOME! :-)
ReplyDeleteThey can change the name all they want but we will always be 'Madrassis'!!
ReplyDelete@Pras: lol ! Nope...This is one of those unpublished posts that made it here now!
ReplyDelete@Rads,Neihal& CM: I am glad you agree. Madras does sound a lot cooler than chennai!
@TBK: Yep...Indeed!
@Anu: Madras namma madras dan. Somehow I cant relate to the name chennai!
@MT: Yep...Proud Madrasis :-)
yo dushti girl, where's the tag :p
ReplyDeleteNo offense meant to any of you guys here...BUT...Is it just the taste that we have? or Is it the 'change' that we are not willing to accept subconciously? :)
ReplyDeleteYo Rads, Just finished doing the tag :-)
ReplyDeleteBharat, I grew up in Madras and have so much gotten used to that name, that I have more memories of Madras than Chennai. So probably I am finding it hard to handle the name change. I still use only Bombay, Madras and Bangalore!
I can totally understand...!
ReplyDeleteGood post.
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