Francis Laleman<p>Much rumors about India's imminent name change. Why is India planning to change its name, creating a rift between geography and politics?<br />For the lovers of language and culture, for those enamored with matters Indian, for the students reading Sanskrit and Pali with me, ..., this small note on sense and nonsense of dropping India in favor of Bhārat.</p><p><a href="https://me.dm/tags/india" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>india</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/namechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>namechange</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/sanskrit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sanskrit</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/rigveda" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>rigveda</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/nationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>nationalism</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/decolonization" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>decolonization</span></a></p><p><a href="https://medium.com/@francis-laleman/why-is-india-letting-go-of-its-oldest-geographical-name-1c5d88439729" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medium.com/@francis-laleman/wh</span><span class="invisible">y-is-india-letting-go-of-its-oldest-geographical-name-1c5d88439729</span></a></p>