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Interesting that they used "Bharat" in the name. Without going political, sounds like an article one can ignore.

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By having a look at the Wikipedia article [1] I don't see how this name would be a problem?!?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_for_India#Bh%C4%81rata

The term has become a political dog whistle recently.

Yes, but this doesn't seem like that usage. It's neutral on those issues.

There's been some political controversy with the right-wing government favouring the Bharat name very recently. Nobody seems to have updated the Wikipedia article yet.

These right-wing, left-wing terms have come from the west and violated with a negative connotation from the west. Don't defile anything in the east with these vile implications that the western nazis have come to associate with. We in the east are civilized people, not genocidal barbarians. Thank you.

Article 1 of the Constitution states that “India, that is Bharat, shall be a Union of States.” It's crucial to emphasise that Article 1 of the Constitution recognises both 'India' and 'Bharat' as official names for the country.[1]

[1]: https://www.indiatoday.in/law-today/story/india-or-bharat-re...

Why is this downvoted? This is literally from the Indian constitution.

Welcome to HN, my friend. People here self-claim to be of high intellectual standards and follow facts. But what I see is a network embroiled in degeneracy. Unfortunate.

Lack of context IMHO. The issue is controversial and the post is acting like it isn't.

So now hard facts are considered controversial?

If there was a thread about a mass shooting in the US, and a non-American asked something like "people in the US are allowed to own assault rifles?!?" and someone answered with the literal text of the 2th amendment and no other explanation, would you think that's a good comment?

Yes, I think it is a good comment because it answers the question exactly to the point. However, if there is an implied question as to 'why' people should be able to own arms, then of course it's better to elaborate further.

The context is that the current government have been pushing for the name change from India to Bharat, to appease the hard line hindutvas India ... or, at least, the, nationlists.

The context is that the user is calling to ignore the article completely based on one word they read.

Are you telling me you approve of such standards of intellectual prowess?

Is nice

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