Bharat: How Modi's move to rename India could break the link with 1947

By imposing its narrow vision of national identity on the country, Hindu nationalism ironically could lead to the subcontinent’s other countries emphasising their historical Indian identity This weekend, India hosts the G20 summit for leaders from around the world - and on Tuesday the government duly issued the official invitation to a state dinner. Yet the invitation contained no reference to Ind

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"Ironically, if India’s Hindu nationalists achieve their aim and rename their country Bharat, it would open up the possibility of the subcontinent’s other countries emphasising their historical Indian identity. "

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インドってどっちかというと、ヨーロッパから見た名前だろうしね