India, that is Bharat.....
William Shakespeare is back on the debate table along with his oft quoted proverbial statement- What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell just as sweet. But as the Shakespearean grandeur seems a distant dream so does his assertion, at least to the prophets of identity politics. They always prefer to find out different avenues of to match their needs. Therefore they are often overenthusiastic about changing the names of monuments, stadiums, roads and even the country. It helps them to bind the people with their own narrative by focusing on their distinctive interpretation of history. Thus Bombay became Mumbai, Madras became Chennai, Calcutta became Kolkata, Allahabad became Prayagraj, Mughalsarai became Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Nagar so on and so forth. Now there is a strong argument in favour of changing the name of the country from India to Bharat. Although according to the Article 1 of the Indian Constitution India and Bharat are syn...