How Coins Reflect Sovereignty

How Coins Reflect Sovereignty

How Coins Reflect Sovereignty A humble one paisa has historical significance   In all likelihood, most millennials will see stamps and coins only in philatelic and numismatic museums. What the internet and courier services have done to stamps, postcards, inland...
Bharat is also Hindustan

Bharat is also Hindustan

Bharat is also Hindustan On the eve of Independence, all three names — Hindustan, Bharat (also Bharata), and India — coexisted in the subcontinent. Hind was also constantly used as in Jai Hind, the battle cry that Nehru, Vallabhbhai Patel, and Bose proclaimed at the...
Renaming West Bengal

Renaming West Bengal

Renaming West Bengal Many attempts to change the name of West Bengal have met political and legal hurdles   In August 1947, of the 11 provinces of British India, seven — Assam, Bombay, Bihar Central Provinces & Berar, Orissa, Madras, and United Provinces —...
Dealing with Political Asymmetry

Dealing with Political Asymmetry

Dealing with Political Asymmetry It is time for a second states reorganisation commission to examine all demands for smaller states afresh   The less populous US has 50 states and the more homogenous China has 34 administrative regions, why shouldn’t India...