AMARAVATI: The age-old word 'Mangali', Telugu for barber, can no longer be used as the Andhra Pradesh government issued an order prohibiting it, along with some other words, as it was “dishonouring the self-respect of the Nayee Brahmin community.” The government, vide its order, prohibited the use of words Mangali, Mangalidhi, mangaloda, bochchu gorigevada and Kondamangali considered as local slang …
