Bangalore's name change not important: Murthy
This is immaterial to me. This is not what I would spend my time on, he said.
By PTI |
BANGALORE: Infosys Chief Mentor Narayan Murthy would like to see Karnataka government getting as charged up about improving state's infrastructure as it is over changing Bangalore's name to 'Bengalooru' and said it doesn't matter to him by what name the country's IT hub is called.
"For me, changing the name is not important. As a Kannadiga and as a person who speaks Kannada at home, you always called it Bengalooru. So I don't think that matters much," Murthy said.
He rather wished that "all this energy, enthusiasm and debate" (over name change), instead, takes place on how to improve city infrastructure, road safety, health care and education.
"I would say those are the issues that should be debated rather than Bangalore or Bengalooru," the software icon said. "This (name change) is a very easy thing. Government can issue an order and change it. That does not require any hard work".
Asked then if he is not in favour of the name change or whether he is not proud of it, Murthy said: "This is immaterial to me. This is not what I would spend my time on. I would spend my time on improving the quality of life of every Bangalorean....".
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