
India’s multiculturalism must be preserved
Recently the name of Aurangzeb Road was changed to Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam Road.
This writer had known Dr. Kalam for over two decades before he became President. Naturally they could not have named the road after him while he was alive.
However, were he to have had any inkling as to what was in the offing he not only would have frowned on it, he would have been horrified. Those who effected the change did so almost surreptitiously. They represented a segment in the governing hierarchy seeking favour with the powers that be.
Neither the citizens of Delhi nor the people of India were consulted prior to the action that might have found favour with the extreme right wing elements in the country, but was looked upon with distaste by a large number of their countrymen/women.
Whence thi...