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Does calling a spade a hoe blunt its edge? The Tamil Nadu BJP is in uproar because the new DMK government has been referring to the Government of India as “ ondriya arasu” (Union government) instead of the conventional “ mathiya arasu” (central government) in all official communication. Advertisement William Shakespeare would surely not have objected if he knew Tamil, since both terms refer to the same entity and are interchangeable in common parlance. But to the state BJP, the change of wording does not smell so good. The DMK has explained that “Union government” emphasises the federal nature of the Indian Union while “central government” inspires visions of “over-centralisation” of a concentration of all power in one entity.

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