A panel of Justices K M Joseph and BV Nagarathna informed the petitioner that the country could not wish away a portion of its past and that a secular democratic republic could not be held prisoner to its past. Others questioned the petitioner’s motivations as well, claiming that his fascination with history would resurrect concerns and keep the nation on fire.
The court added that these rebranding initiatives diverted attention from governance. The petition’s demand was obviously motivated by political motivation, and there was no public interest in it. It stems from a political interpretation of history that ignores anything that does not support a limited conception of the nation’s identity.
Source: Jagran Josh
There have been many foreign invaders, but India has developed by absorbing each one and making him part of itself. The invaders also brought their names, knowledge, and culture, all of which were incorporated into the larger Indian mythology and history. Because it conflicts with our contemporary politics, a portion of it cannot be ignored or discarded selectively.
A society is condemned to lose its future if it ignores this truth and attempts to define or derive its present from a predetermined past. Even the history that is chosen is an imagined and manufactured past that can only satisfy a generalised sense of nostalgia that might fuel populist and delusional politics. History is not a court where political disputes are arbitrated and the present triumphs over the past by consigning Aurangzeb or Tipu Sultan to torment.
Source: Study IQ Judiciary
Even the terms Hindu and Hindustan are not very Indian in terms of names. Should we discard them? In any event, names are being altered arbitrarily even in the absence of a renaming commission, with Aurangabad becoming Sambhaji Nagar and the Mughal Gardens changing to Amrit Udyan.
The government can certainly establish a ministry for rewriting history and renaming with an extensive brief even though the court rejected the idea of a renaming commission. Why should just some streets, locations, and buildings undergo renaming? Perhaps the ministry can work on making people like George, Rahim, or even Nilofer more Indian, oh no, Bharatiya!
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