Amrit Udyan controversy: BJP’s renaming sprees will leave India with crippling amnesia

Changing the name of Mughal Gardens reflects the unwarranted inferiority complex of the present-day moguls and their parochial chauvinism.

Faisal CK

· Feb 12, 2023 · 07:30 am

Why naming the new Parliament building after BR Ambedkar would be a true step towards decolonisation

Indian democracy and Ambedkar have almost became synonymous.

Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd

· Sep 23, 2022 · 09:00 am

Riya, Aryan, Kiara: Why so many parents choose the same names for their babies

Just like there are generational preferences in furniture, music and hairstyles, so it is with baby names.

Jane Pilcher, The Conversation

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Birgit Eggert, The Conversation

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Katrine Bechsgaard, The Conversation

· Jul 20, 2022 · 01:30 pm

D’Prived: Why some Goans can’t access their pensions because of their surnames

Because of a coding oversight, names like D’Souza and D’Cruz with apostrophes and hyphens are being rejected by some government IT systems.

Umang Poddar

· Apr 12, 2022 · 09:00 am

Names of places not in tune with ‘Assamese culture’ will be changed, says Himanta Biswa Sarma

The chief minister said people could give suggestions through a web portal which will soon be launched for this purpose.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 15, 2022 · 08:38 pm

Why Arunachal residents are upset by an event at which Rajnath Singh inaugurated 12 new roads

Some have staged protests against the Border Roads Organisation.

Akanksha Mishra

· Jun 23, 2021 · 01:36 pm

Why former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Annadurai decided against renaming Madras state as Tamizh Naadu

Annadurai wanted to avoid the retroflex consonant ‘zha’ to make it easier for people who did not speak Tamil.

Sruthisagar Yamunan

· Jun 18, 2020 · 09:00 am

Delhi: Hindu Sena blackens signboard on Babur Road, wants it to be renamed after a ‘great Indian’

Hindu Sena President Vishnu Gupta said they did not want the road to be named after ‘a foreign invader’.

Scroll Staff

· Sep 14, 2019 · 08:17 pm

The Dilli debate: Why should a city be known by only one name anyway?

A BJP MP’s attempts to erase the names Dehli and Delhi reflect a monolithic, majoritarian view of history.

Rizwan Ahmad

· Aug 08, 2019 · 12:30 pm

What’s in a name? From ‘Welcome to Sajjanpur’ to ‘Finding Fanny’, Bollywood movies offer an answer

As the government continues to rename cities and towns, some films offer insight into how a place’s name shapes its residents and fortunes.

Damini Kulkarni

· Jan 30, 2019 · 08:15 am

Calling millennials ‘snowflakes’ isn’t just inaccurate but also bad news for mental health awareness

Deriding a generation as weak and sensitive is nasty, patently false and actively harms progress on tackling mental health.

Shelly Haslam-Ormerod, The Conversation

· Jan 16, 2019 · 11:30 pm

Scientists have found new spider species in Sri Lanka – and named them after Enid Blyton characters

Nine new species of ‘goblin spiders’ have been named after goblin characters from Enid Blyton’s children books.

Shreya Dasgupta

· Jun 25, 2018 · 08:30 pm