<!--QuoteBegin-Bodhi+Sep 9 2008, 06:24 PM-->QUOTE(Bodhi @ Sep 9 2008, 06:24 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->My opinion, India, Bharat, Hindusthan, Aryavarta, more, - we should claim all these names equally as our own, although I prefer Bharat in communication including in English.[right][snapback]87750[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->This is what I meant too. I don't completely mind the use of India in English all that much, but have noticed how the use of "India" makes some other people so smug even though they have no reason to be - particularly ignorant non-Indians or christos of India.
Personally, I would like Bharatavarsha to be used more often and ideally to replace the <i>common</i> use of "India" altogether. Can't properly explain it, but "India" reminds me of the half-baked 'independence' we got from christoterrorism aka colonialism: a name that has the false semblance of newness as if we were supposedly a new nation (like external forces pretend we are). We are not a new nation at all. Also, I like our own names and would like us (Dharmics) to start using them again.
Personally, I would like Bharatavarsha to be used more often and ideally to replace the <i>common</i> use of "India" altogether. Can't properly explain it, but "India" reminds me of the half-baked 'independence' we got from christoterrorism aka colonialism: a name that has the false semblance of newness as if we were supposedly a new nation (like external forces pretend we are). We are not a new nation at all. Also, I like our own names and would like us (Dharmics) to start using them again.