Tag: Politics of Namkaran

By Sumna Sadaqat The acclaimed English litterateur Shakespeare in his famous play wrote the line ‘What’s in a name?’ But is it just so simple? Certainly, not! Especially for the right- wing governing party in India, the BJP, name has it all. Hindutva politics around names of monuments, cities, tombs, government offices under the BJP led government in India have become a frequent norm now. For the past eight years, such incidents are periodically raised to keep the issue smouldering in order to gain public support, win elections, and primarily...