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Tamil Nadu govt fusses about names of places even as covid cases rise

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Tamil Nadu, which is battling the biggest surge of coronavirus cases in south India, a massive name-changing process has begun for 1,018 places, based on recommendations by a panel of Tamil language experts, according to an order issued by the Tamil Nadu government on 1 April, and made public only on Wednesday.The change was to mandate new spellings of the names of some places in English so they read exactly as they are spoken in Tamil, said the government.As a result, Coimbatore district changes to Koyampuththoor—hence the hashtag—Vellore district becomes Veeloor, and Chennai’s iconic suburb Mylapore is Mayilaappoor.Changing the names of cities is a regular practice for Indian political parties as part of their political messaging.

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