The name Bharat is now just about the talk of town in almost everywhere when India is concerned. It began with a dinner invitation. How it ends could affect more than a billion people.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has replaced the name India with a Sanskrit word in dinner invitations sent to guests attending this week’s Group of 20 summit, in a move that reflects his Hindu nationalist party’s efforts to eliminate what it sees as colonial-era names. Indian President Droupadi Murmu is referred to as “President of…