Renaming

This was an exercise to write a piece with 4 words - Nobody, Anybody, Somebody & Everybody.

It was the night before Christmas. Should have been a cool night but a hot discussion was on.

“How can anybody even think of renaming it?”

“It’s a sheer waste of time and money.”

“How does it matter to them? After all, they don’t have to do anything except pass a resolution.”

“Everybody worth two cents of brain can see what a sheer waste it is. The money could have been used to improve the infrastructure. The city is on the verge of a collapse.”

“I can’t imagine calling Bangalore ‘Bengaluru’.”

“Hey but it has always been called Bengaluru. Even now old kannadigas call it by that name.”

“Yeah, yeah. So let them call whatever they want to. But I am sure somebody is going to file a PIL.”

“You think so? I am not so sure. Nobody wants to take on more headaches than necessary.”

“Oh dump this topic. It was the same when they changed the name of Bombay. Politicians went ahead with their foolish renaming. And we still call the city Bombay.”

This signaled another round of cooling drinks. The discussion veered to Amitabh’s health and the subsequent media hysteria.