Respected Friend
Is it not time to change names of :-
1. India House — to say “Bharat Nivas” or something appropriate
2. Nehru Centre — to say “Dr Ambedkar Nivas” or something appropriate
Both the properties are situated in central London, England
Of course, finale say will be with the government of India, I presume.
Let’s talk, shall we?
Yours sincerely
Chuni Chavda
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Anglicized names of our erstwhile institutes have no place or competition against thousands of years of civilisation upon which our great country BHARAT was established. It will be more appropriate and in keeping with awareness of younger population that not everything sounding English can be all that good
For me, India brings the sad bad memories of the ‘East India Company’ who were responsible for untold misery on our populace and looting our wealth
People have the rights to believe whatever they think is right or wrong. Brtish ruled almost whole world and the greatest gift they gave to every country was education . Modern system of education schools , colleges, Polytechnic, engineering and medical and many other institutions were established . It kept on growing and still is growing but foundations were laid by British.There is nothing wrong to continue the names of India House and Nahru centre. I know some people who are now bent upon changing the names of many places in India is nothing but foolishness. You cannot change the history and the truth , it will be better to learn to live with it. There is so much work is required to be done , Develop new places and keep the names you Like.
How about Azad Hind House, that sounds most appropriate as
by keeping the english word House also shows we are in UK .
Nehru centre should be Dhingra Centre.