news India may change its name

[VOSS]

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India was buzzing with speculation over rumoured plans to scrap official use of the country’s English name, after a state-issued invitation to the G20 summit referred to it as Bharat.

 

The government of the prime minister, Narendra Modi, has been working to remove lingering symbols of British rule from India’s urban landscape, political institutions and history books, but this could be the biggest move yet.

 

India hosts the G20 summit this weekend, and world leaders have received an invitation to a state dinner hosted by the “president of Bharat”.

 

Members of his Hindu nationalist ruling party, Bharatiya Janata party (BJP), have previously campaigned against using the name India, which has its roots in western antiquity and was imposed during the British conquest.

 

The government has called a special session of parliament for later in the month, but remains tight-lipped about its legislative agenda, but the broadcaster News18 said unnamed government sources had told it that BJP lawmakers would put forward a special resolution to give precedence to the name Bharat.

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[Abracadabra]

India's Love + Fear era

[Janet]

Good luck getting that to stick

[brraap]

Well that was the old name before Britain changed it, but it’s still a very Hindu nationalist idea for a country that claims to be secular. 

[Sugar-Rush]

Their Love Symbol era. 

[harwee]

I like it, sounds like a bop

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ichabe]

It's hilarious how Bharat means Western in my country 

[Gaia]

9 minutes ago, Janet said:

Good luck getting that to stick

Right. English speakers are still going to call it India  

[illia]

2 minutes ago, Gaia said:

Right. English speakers are still going to call it India  

Why would they care what English speakers think?

[Illuminati]

A Bharat is a Bharat 

[bync]

love a reinvention

[Janet]

7 minutes ago, Flomik said:

Why would they care what English speakers think?

It's the second most spoken language in India. It ain't happening  

[Gaia]

2 minutes ago, Flomik said:

Why would they care what English speakers think?

More than just English speakers, due to India being the main name used internationally and translated into languages, they’d have to change their name in most languages. And yeah, good luck with that. 
 

No one is going to just cross out “India” in all textbooks across the world and what not. That’s a way harder change than just announcing it. And they’d have no way of policing everyone to using it. 
 

They can do whatever they want, just saying it’s not gonna just magically make people stop calling them India

[Sheep]

idk why people in this thread are acting like erasing colonialism is a bad thing. 

[oceans]

weird responses...

[B-Luke]

This was their chance to claim Chromatica

[hallucinate]

love the reasoning behind it but most people will still use india instead

turkey changing their international name to türkiye teas

[rp662]

2 minutes ago, hallucinate said:

love the reasoning behind it but most people will still use india instead

turkey changing their international name to türkiye teas

And Bangkok to Krung Thep Maha Nakhon. 

[SoldierofLove]

Bharat.Arie sounds a bit weird but I guess I could get used to it. 

[abrantino]

eSwatini ha impact

[Kyoto]

They should change it to Joanne

Edited September 5, 2023 by Kyoto

[scenekiller]

Good for them, hopefully they go through with it officially.

[Kayseri Mantisi]

Their bharat could mean anything. 

[Pendulum]

I understand their feelings towards exonyms (even though in most cases there is no problem with them) but this is logistically difficult. 

[Pendulum]

not you all laughing at the name Bharat when that is the name of the country in Hindi and other Indian language