India, June 30 -- A Bengaluru man, believed to be of Telugu origin, has sparked a heated debate after he shared a post on X defending the city's multilingual fabric and calling out what he described as "language hate" that exists only in online spaces.

The trigger? His casual use of the word 'Luru' as a short form for Bengaluru, which drew backlash from some users who accused him of disrespecting Kannada identity. But the man was quick to clarify that the term wasn't meant to offend , it was simply a nostalgic carryover from high school days when limited SMS characters led to creative abbreviations like 'lore' for Bangalore. Over time, 'Luru' stuck, he said, and also felt linguistically natural, given how 'ooru' means town or city in Kan...