iJanaagraha, the recently launched online portal of the NGO Janaagraha, last month asked for a short piece on street names. A bit of a coincidence, because a colleague and I had been wondering about some street names just a few days before that.
The article was quite fun to write, though a wee bit stressful, because of a short deadline (a perennial problem!). I would have liked to research some things a bit more so I'm not overly happy with the end result. But here it is on iJanaagraha.
Some of the street (and locality/park) names that didn't make it to the article: Coles Park and Cubbon Road and Park (after former British Residents, of course); Dobbspet - variously known as Daabspet, Dabbaspet etc. (after Major General RS Dobbs); Sajjan Rao Circle; Campbell Road (after a missionary); Hardinge Road (after a viceroy); and many, many more.
But there are hundreds more stories that I don't yet know, waiting to be found behind hundreds more streets...
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I like the part where u mentioned about Dobbespet being mentioned as Dabaspet.. Glad to know ur in INTACH... I am joining soon too..btw...i do have a proposal for u...there are a bunch of us who want to chronicle Bangalore's history...
We would love it if u could be part of it....
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