One of our best friends from college is from India, and he's in Mumbai right now. I hope he's OK. I feel something special in my heart for India as a country, and I hate that this has happened.
And I guess I missed the memo that we were all going to start calling it Mumbai instead of Bombay. When did that happen? I guess at the same time we started calling Qatar "Cutter". Let me know when we're supposed to start calling Japan Nihon.
Posted by Sarah at July 11, 2006 12:26 PM | TrackBackI didn't even think about your friend being in India right now. I had forgotten. I hope he is all right. I, too, didn't realize Bombay's name had changed.
Mama
"And I guess I missed the memo that we were all going to start calling it Mumbai instead of Bombay. When did that happen?"
1995.
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Posted by: Amritas at July 14, 2006 12:02 PM