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[silk] Chhatrapati Shivaji
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<P><BR><BR>Given the recent trend of changing names of buildings, roads, villages, towns and cities...... this forward was rather nice</P>
<P>Ekta</P>
<P><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" size=4>Recently, the State government of Maharashra, India, announced its plans to </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" size=4>rename the Prince of Wales museum as the Chhatrapati Shivaji </FONT>
<P><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" size=4>Vastusangrahlaya. So now we have that in addition to the Chhatrapti Shivaji </FONT>
<P><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" size=4>Terminus, the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, the Chhatrapati </FONT>
<P><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" size=4>Shivaji Domestic Airport, and who knows what else. </FONT>
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<P><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" color=#000000 size=4>If this trend continues, we may reasonably </FONT>
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<P><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" color=#000000 size=4>speculate what it will be like c 2050 AD... </FONT>
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<P><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" size=4>My name is Chhatrapati Shivaji. My father s name is Chhatrapati Shivaji. My </FONT>
<P><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" size=4>mother s name is Chhatrapati Shivaji. My brothers, sisters, uncles and aunts </FONT>
<P><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" size=4>are all named Chhatrapati Shivaji. All other names have long since been </FONT>
<P><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" size=4>outlawed. I wake up everyday at 6:30 am (Chhatrapati Standard Time) to go </FONT>
<P><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" size=4>to my school: Chhatrapati Shivaji Vidyalaya. It was a little confusing </FONT>
<P><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" size=4>getting there at first, because all schools in the city have the same name. </FONT>
<P><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" size=4>But once I got directions, it was fine. All I have to do is go down </FONT>
<P><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" size=4>Chhatrapati Shivaji Road, make a left turn at Chhatrapati Shivaji Chowk, go </FONT>
<P><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" size=4>straight till Chhatrapati Shivaji Marg, until I reach Chhatrapati Shivaji </FONT>
<P><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" size=4>Road. Then I go straight till I come to Chhatrapati Shivaji Chowk. Once I </FONT>
<P><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" size=4>got lost and found myself at Chhatrapati Shivaji Road instead of Chhatrapati </FONT>
<P><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" size=4>Shivaji Road. Silly mistake, when I think about it. </FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" size=4>My class teacher, Mr C Shivaji, is a good teacher. Today he asked, </FONT>
<P><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" size=4>Chhatrapati, can you answer that question? </FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" color=#000000 size=4>The whole class put up their hands to answer. </FONT>
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<P><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" size=4>Yesterday our school, CS Vidyalaya, had a cricket match with our rival </FONT>
<P><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" size=4>school, CS Vidyalaya. Of course, we don t know which school won. But that s </FONT>
<P><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" size=4>okay. This weekend, my family and I will go to the zoo, Chhatrapati Shivaji </FONT>
<P><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" size=4>Pranibaugh, and see all the, um... plants. There used to be animals there, </FONT>
<P><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" size=4>but they re all dead now. They say it was due to negligence because the </FONT>
<P><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" size=4>keepers were all running for government, one of them for the office of Prime </FONT>
<P><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" size=4>Chhatrapati. </FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" size=4>We have two main telecommunication companies, CSNL and CSNL. One provides </FONT>
<P><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" size=4>telephone services and the other provides broadband MultiNet access via the </FONT>
<P><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" size=4>Chhatrapati Shivaji Satellite. </FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" color=#000000 size=4>Sometimes we don t know whether we re accessing a </FONT>
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<P><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" color=#000000 size=4>website or whether Chhatrapati Shivaji (our grandmother) </FONT>
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<P><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" color=#000000 size=4>is calling up. I ll go online later to see if I have any new </FONT>
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<P><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" color=#000000 size=4>e-mail at chhatrapati@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx </FONT>
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<P><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" color=#000000 size=4>Foreigners are often confused which Paanch Sitaara </FONT>
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<P><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" color=#000000 size=4>Vyayamshala (5-ishtar hotel) to stay in, because </FONT>
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<P><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" color=#000000 size=4>they all have the same names. I think the Chhatrapati Shivaji </FONT>
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<P><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" color=#000000 size=4>Vishramgraha is pretty good, and one should stay there rather </FONT>
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<P><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" color=#000000 size=4>than the Chhatrapati Shivaji Vishramgraha or the </FONT>
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<P><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" color=#000000 size=4>Chhatrapati Shivaji Vishramgraha. During the weekend, my family and I </FONT>
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<P><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" color=#000000 size=4>might go to the beach, the Chhatrapati Shivaji Samudrakinar, and </FONT>
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<P><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" color=#000000 size=4>after that we may go see a film. All foreign </FONT>
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<P><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" color=#000000 size=4>films are dubbed in Indian languages because, as </FONT>
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<P><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" color=#000000 size=4>we are taught in school: </FONT>
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<P><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" color=#000000 size=4>(1) Nothing foreign is good, and </FONT>
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<P><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" color=#000000 size=4>(2) All things foreign that are good have been stolen from us. </FONT>
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<P><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" size=4>I go to sleep pretty early, after watching the popular TV show Kaun Banega </FONT>
<P><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" size=4>Chhatrapati. Tomorrow will be another day... I think. Sometimes, in </FONT>
<P><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" size=4>whispers, I hear stories told of a mythical age long ago, when places and </FONT>
<P><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" size=4>things had different names. Stories of a time when each thing had it s own </FONT>
<P><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" size=4>name, and of a concept called heterogeneity . It s a legend, only </FONT>
<P><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" size=4>half-believed, of a time when places and things had a history, and the city </FONT>
<P><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" size=4>an identity. </FONT></FONT></P></DIV><br clear=all><hr>Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at <a href="http://www.hotmail.com";>http://www.hotmail.com</a>.<br></p></html>
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