20.8.11

Paschimbanga

West Bengal will soon be called Paschimbanga — a name harder to pronounce for non-Bengalis and barely a notch higher in alphabetical order. hief minister Mamata Banerjee admitted that the new name might not meet everyone’s aspirations or weed out administrative difficulties that the state was facing because of being last in alphabetical order. “Paschimbanga was the unanimous decision at the all-party meeting,” Mamata said. Her partymen say Mamata favoured Bangabhoomi but gave in to pressure from Congress and Left parties. Once approved in Parliament the new name will help the state crawl up only seven places. Intellectuals like Gautam Ghose, Sunil Ganguly, Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay and Buddhadeb Guha were shocked. The new name has triggered heated discussions on internet.

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