The game of Name, Place - animal thing

A friend of mine once asked me how do governments brush aside issues of importance. The answer were aplenty but one that struck me immediately was the proposal of a name change. Well not individual names but names that government sometime think he own. It seems to be the strange obsession with most from the political sect, one often wonders if this what's called pseudo- nationalism.
In just span of two years, the city I lived changed all its popular roads, buildings and to follow suit was the name of the city itself. The confusion that followed was clearly evident, a newcomer to the city found two roads with the same name (e.g. Anna Road); whats worse is that both the roads are at least 10kms away from each other. Therefore the ever so friendly 'automan', as he's often called, struck gold many a time with the newcomer (it's not his fault though). It's not a question of a single city but the important landmarks in the whole country seem to be at threat.
Cities such as Bombay, Madras and Calcutta having changed to Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata found a relatively easier reason for the change since they were earlier named by the British.
However the recent proposal by the Karnataka government to change the names of several of its cities baffles most of us. The most conspicuous of them would be India's IT Hub Bangalore being changed to Bengaluru/Bengalooru. It must be remember that the city was named Bangalore by Kempe Gowda, whom most regard as the architect of modern Bangalore. Now with another Gowda ruling the state, he expects the transition to be smooth unlike their roads and other infrastructure.
Soon, there were proposals to change the name of the North-Indian state of Uttaranchal to Uttarkhand, unhealthy discussions are sill going on. This time though at the national level, especially keeping in mind the state elections. It can also be said while all these changes were being made, the citizens did get to voice their views.
Today find it to be the turn of the North-eastern state of Assam, whose government wants the name changed to Asom. But finally, citizens of Assam have united led by its eminent personalities. Assam too has been named by a local, and has been since the Taj Ahoms during the 13th century.
The bigger issue here is not about disliking a name or its change but like products does this change bring with it a better product.
Will Bengaluru infrastructure turn for the better? Will the city and citizens be spared of the dirty pockets, polluted lakes, etc.? If the government can do that, you might just find its citizens dance to a new name every year.
Its fun to change a name when there is a vision, a mission beyond petty politics. It's to be seen if the country's 4th pillar and the citizen's biggest one for support, the Media to voice for justice.