Comments on: Do you like the new rupee symbol?

By: Daarun

Daarun — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:07:06 +0000

Well, I like the symbol a lot more now that I have options…check out http://www.rupeesymbols.com. they claim to have the largest selection of rupee typeface options anywhere online. I believe it.

By: Karunanidhi

Karunanidhi — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 04:14:17 +0000

This is most ugly design that do not conform to the unity and diversity of India.. India is multi lingual, multi ethnic and multi cultured country.. It is a shame and hurting to the people of country to design a common currency symbol using Devanagari script.. It is better to go back to Rs or INR.. It looks funny and farce to see this symbol with English and other language scripts.. It may look normal only to the languages which follow Devanagari scripts but not to English and other scripts.. I think this design has been selected by parliament, as the majority of parliament MP’s language script is Devanagari, just as North indian politicians likes to impose Hindi on other states unnecessarily.. What a shame to our multi linguistic environment!..

By: SuB776

SuB776 — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 03:23:58 +0000

It looks downright Stupid. I hate it. Its far better to type Rs.500 than this new stupidity. It’s a sign of typical New Delhi confusion. Delhi-ites can’t complete a sentence without speaking half of it in Hindi and the other half in English. This symbol is just that, a mishmash between Hindi and English. This stupid new Rupee symbol epitomizes our Hinglish-ness, and everything that is sickening in our post-liberalization modern desi Indian culture nowadays, where we attempt a fusion between our desi-ness and our western-ness in every stupid thing we do, including our customs, our communication, our education and our dreams.

By: akhileshamoli

akhileshamoli — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 17:29:39 +0000

nice symbol

By: danieviji

danieviji — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:12:09 +0000

Not a goodlooking symbol

By: mrpunjabi

mrpunjabi — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:06:12 +0000

According to me atleast government should show the collected design to public and there should be voting system by SMS or emails so that they can also get what the most of people suggested or like.. i think its too hurry to decide the symbol.. i am sure there are so many people around the world who can design better symbol.. othere wise it seems that we can’t do any think now. and we have to compromise with the current selected symbol. if this can be RE-DESIGN. Then go for it. Thanks for giving me the opportunity to comment on the symbol. thank you.

By: anilkowshik

anilkowshik — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 05:27:17 +0000

It’s not a fight, it’s debate under the title “The Great debate”. Everyone need not agree to wow wow the symbol just because we have not seen a better one. A debate may or may not fructify, shall we discard very word ‘debate’ from our vocabulary? Those who don’t want to waste time blogging are free to do better things.

By: elu27

elu27 — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 09:46:08 +0000

i dunno why r few ppl fighting on a rupee symbol
dats wasting time of every1
its good dat we hav changed the rupee symbol….
we shud now try 2 change other things which are not in plc..
3 cheers 4 new symbol
now we shud make a change in other feilds too…
arguing will lead 2 nothing…

By: anilkowshik

anilkowshik — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 05:44:52 +0000

Why the government is so hastily deciding on Rupee Symbol – a symbol which is of
great historical significance to our country?

The symbol adjudged best of
the lot and supposed to have been accepted by the Government is too mediocre,
…not at all appealing and too heavy in its form. Sorry to say even the symbol
designs submitted by the other four finalists too were very
disappointing.

A simple symbol I am presenting here as an example would rather look smart and slick in comparison to the final five – not to say or claim it to be the best, nor it was one
among the contested symbols.

In the first place the competition was not
widely and exhaustively publicized to attract best of talents from all over
India, nor it was conducted in a very highly imaginative and professional
manner. It was just rushed through the bureaucratic drill, even the jury played
it very passively. The emphasis should not have been on selecting a rigid symbol
developed by one individual, leaving no scope for modifying or improving it for
the final symbol. Rather, it should have been a multiple stage contest with
large-scale participation of talented, professionals and the learned, towards
evolving a symbol to be accepted finally. The Government should have exerted its
right to select, reject or modify (in a manner it finds fit) the symbol
recommended/selected by the Jury.

Nothing is too late for the Government
and rethinking is not impossible. Will the Government act in the best interest
of the country’s pride?

To see the alternative symbol I propose try this facebook url (or search for ‘save indian rupee symbol’ on facebook):

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=18 301&o=all&op=1&view=all&subj=13863061948 4857&aid=-1&id=100001461370207

By: Preetal

Preetal — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 19:45:39 +0000

The government apart from taking the first step of creating the symbol for the rupee, should also insulate it from the long rooted corrupt mechanisms, from inequality of incomes and the growing rural-urban divide in terms of economic growth. For the true value of the rupee to shine, its required that our country creates more opportunities for every section of society to learn and earn a substantive income, Provides adequate and affordable healthcare, Enables local businesses to compete on international markets through backing of technology, skill expertise and monetary funding.

When the internal systems improve and along with it the quality of life for each Indian improves, When the 8.5% growth rate is inclusive of all sections of the population that’s when the symbol of the currency will be looked up to nationally as well as internationally. The re-branding of the Rupee is a small step in the tide of change that’s ascending on the Indian horizon. And if we are vigilant and responsive towards our internal economic threats while the change takes place, we who were a global economic power at the turn of the eighteenth century, contributing to a quarter of the global output can regain our position on the world economic map.