The government justification for excluding the name India remains to be heard. However, excluding the name ‘India’ from the official name of the republic can be a self-goal at a time when the brand ‘India’ is finally succeeding globally
Why should one shed tears for the dropping of a chapter on Mughals when India’s history books gloss over Ahoms, reduce Cholas and Pallavas to insignificance, and mention the Vijayanagara Empire in passing?