Meet Naresh Fernandes

MastanAgain · Post by **MastanAgain** » Sat Feb 14, 2015 5:18 pm

Google him, he writes on Scroll.in and has written a book; "Taj Mahal Foxtrot". May bring back memories for a lot of you, or definitely reveal connections between the past and the present. History's a great insight into a small world.

ashdoc · Post by **ashdoc** » Sat Feb 14, 2015 10:26 pm

This Naresh Fernandes is probably a marathi hater . I picked up a copy of his book ' A biography of Bombay ' and I read that he was openly calling for Madras to be called Chennai , Calcutta to be called Kolkata , but says that Mumbai should be called Bombay .

[QUOTE]City Adrift gives you a feeling that Naresh loves “Bombay”. He still doesn’t like the city being called Mumbai.

http://amitdas.me/2014/01/16/book-review-city-adrift-a-short-biography-of-bombay-by-naresh-fernandes/

MastanAgain · Post by **MastanAgain** » Sat Feb 14, 2015 11:48 pm

ashdoc;594454This Naresh Fernandes is probably a marathi hater

**Facepalm**

That is the absolute last thing that one could conceivably call the guy. Mumbai, Bombay, what's the difference? It's an era thing. He grew up in Bombay. There are many old Maharashtrians who still have fond memories of "Bombay".

gandharva · Post by **gandharva** » Sun Feb 15, 2015 12:16 am

Am probably an all state hater coz I like Madras, Cal, Bombay, Calicut, Trivandrum, Visak, Bangalore, ...

dixit · Post by **dixit** » Sun Feb 15, 2015 7:34 am

ashdoc;594454This Naresh Fernandes is probably a marathi hater . I picked up a copy of his book ' A biography of Bombay ' and I read that he was openly calling for Madras to be called Chennai , Calcutta to be called Kolkata , but says that Mumbai should be called Bombay .

http://amitdas.me/2014/01/16/book-review-city-adrift-a-short-biography-of-bombay-by-naresh-fernandes/

Actually, looks like he is a Tamil-Bengali hater but loves Marathis. He was hoping Marathis will not spend millions of rupees of public money to change a perfectly fine name.

Jai Maharashtra, Jai Bombay!