[IMC Bombay] Bombay/Mumbai .. hmmm...
Sanjay Bhangar
sanjayb at hotpop.com
Thu, 15 Aug 2002 01:52:45 +0530
This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
------=_NextPart_000_0017_01C243FE.734AEEC0
Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
hey all,
thanks for the responses on the naming issue...
I think I agree with "Bombay/Mumbai" sounding a little strange.
I propose that we list ourselves as "Mumbai" and through the website use =
the words Mumbai and Bombay interchangeably so that a> we dont restrict =
ourselves to one, and b> people feel free to use any of the two names in =
posts.
I really think the purpose of "Bombay/Mumbai" was so that people do feel =
comfortable with either and can use the name according to preference - =
but yes, listing ourselves as Mumbai/Bombay does sound weird.
I wouldn't want to completely call ourselves "Mumbai" either, because =
many people, including myself, still prefer the name "Bombay" for a =
variety of reasons (not just sentimental, I dont think).
anyways, so I propose, listing ourselves as "Mumbai", having BOTH =
bombay.indymedia.org and mumbai.indymedia.org as our URL aliases and =
using the words Bombay and Mumbai interchangeably through the site (for =
eg. perhaps we can have "Bombay Independent Media Center" show up on the =
main page.)
do reply with thoughts :).
take care,
Sanjay
------=_NextPart_000_0017_01C243FE.734AEEC0
Content-Type: text/html;
charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; =
charset=3Diso-8859-1">
<META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2716.2200" name=3DGENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>hey all,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>thanks for the responses on the naming=20
issue...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I think I agree with "Bombay/Mumbai" =
sounding a=20
little strange.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I propose that we list ourselves as =
"Mumbai" and=20
through the website use the words Mumbai and Bombay interchangeably so =
that=20
a> we dont restrict ourselves to one, and b> people feel free to =
use any=20
of the two names in posts.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I really think the purpose of =
"Bombay/Mumbai" was=20
so that people do feel comfortable with either and can use the =
name=20
according to preference - but yes, listing ourselves as =
Mumbai/Bombay does=20
sound weird.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I wouldn't want to completely call =
ourselves=20
"Mumbai" either, because many people, including myself, still =
prefer the=20
name "Bombay" for a variety of reasons (not just sentimental, I dont=20
think).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>anyways, so I propose, listing =
ourselves as=20
"Mumbai", having BOTH bombay.indymedia.org and mumbai.indymedia.org as =
our URL=20
aliases and using the words Bombay and Mumbai interchangeably through =
the site=20
(for eg. perhaps we can have "Bombay Independent Media Center" show up =
on the=20
main page.)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>do reply with thoughts :).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>take care,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Sanjay</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
------=_NextPart_000_0017_01C243FE.734AEEC0--