Interesting that it would be today of all days.

Random article covering the attacks:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/07/11/mumbai.blasts/index.html

7/11/2006 7:15:16 PM

Chicago attacked too, MSM silences attack aspect.

7/11/2006 7:25:28 PM

Never forget

7/11/2006 7:40:43 PM

Joe Biden supports terror

7/11/2006 9:10:16 PM

all of the old hotel and gas station owners have united to strike the source

7/11/2006 9:12:23 PM

silly muslims

7/11/2006 9:52:22 PM

sad...174 dead now

7/11/2006 9:54:21 PM

i was watching the news at lunch and it went from the bombings in india, to a building collapse in boston, to the building collapse in new york to a plane running into another plane

i was all

7/11/2006 9:56:42 PM

didn't Mumbai used to be called Bombay when India was under the Brits?

sad though, I agree

7/11/2006 10:23:04 PM

Quote :

" The appellation Mumbai is an eponym, etymologically derived from Mumba — the name of the Hindu goddess Mumbadevi, and Aai — meaning mother in Marathi. In the 16th century, the Portuguese named the area Bom Bahia, which means Good Bay. This was later corrupted to Bomaím or Bombaim, by which name it is still known in Portuguese; and after the British gained possession, it was anglicised to Bombay. The name was officially changed from Bombay to Mumbai in 1995, but the former name is still popularly used in the West and by many of the city's inhabitants and famous institutions. "

^ it was called Bombay till almost 50 years after Independence too, but then, the ruling party in the State at the time changed the name to Mumbai.

http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/bombay

7/11/2006 10:51:06 PM

even old new york was once new amsterdam...

7/11/2006 11:02:41 PM

it's nobody's business but the Turks.

7/11/2006 11:34:29 PM

North Carolina was once called chikaklugsnarf by the native americans

7/11/2006 11:56:25 PM

^^That's suppose to be...

BUt why they changed it, I don't know, people just like it better that way.

7/12/2006 12:06:16 AM

i'm glad india is on our side

the us needs some people on its side when it tries to take over the world

7/12/2006 12:23:55 AM

^^
BUt why they changed it, I don't know I can't say, people just like it better that way.

 

7/12/2006 12:37:59 AM

It was changed because the leaders of a certain political party which was in power in that state thought "Bombay" represents British imperial legacy...and so they wanted something that sounded Indian..

[Edited on July 12, 2006 at 12:44 AM. Reason : a]

7/12/2006 12:43:24 AM

^^ I knew it was wrong, but I was too lazy to figure it out, but posted anyway

7/12/2006 1:13:24 AM