Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has replaced the name India with a Sanskrit word in dinner invitations sent to guests attending this week’s Group of 20 summit, in a move that reflects his Hindu nationalist party’s efforts to eliminate what it...

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Britain renamed Bharat to India when it was colonized, and the name is a symbol of colonial slavery.

  • relayEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    What book in English would you recommend about India’s internal politics and unity?

    • cfgaussian
      6·
      1 year ago

      You’ll have to ask someone else i’m afraid, my own knowledge on this subject is rather limited.