DH Popcorn | Name shastra: What exactly is 'greater' in GBA?And what exactly is going to be greater? Citizens are hoping it’s not the traffic jams, the bribes and the commissions that will go from great to greater. 
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Bengaluru's civic body's office with the new Greater Bengaluru Authority board on Tuesday.
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So the BBMP is history. We now have five corporations in place of one, and they are together called Greater Bengaluru Authority. A question many are asking: Couldn’t they find a Kannada name for ‘greater’?
And what exactly is going to be greater? Citizens are hoping it’s not the traffic jams, the bribes and the commissions that will go from great to greater.
As for the Kannada name, try something like Hiriya Bengaluru or Hire Bengaluru? It is hi-ray, ladies and gentlemen, not ‘hire’ as in ‘hire a consultant’. And it’s also a word that denotes age and wisdom.