You know which country wastes excessively time, energy and taxpayers dollars trying to rewrite its past and hope no one notices? India.
The more I read about India, the more I realize loads of "Indian" things have foreign origins. A lot being from the middle east (not necessary Islamic although that is the case for a lot) and british. For example Urdu and Hindi have loads of loan words. A lot of food, clothing and buildings have middle east style due to Mughal influence. Actually hell their government style has that influence since the guys in charge were sultans and later brits. The capital of Gujarat (Modi's home state) is called Ahmedabad and historically that has been a trading port between the Middle East and the South Asian continent. Congress party was founded by a brit and the the word Hindu itself comes from Persian.
If you didn't know this? Well its probably done on purpose. I mean those name changes are quite recent. There's a deliberate effort to downplay a lot of foreign stuff and claim it as Indian. And then you wonder why there's so much energy wasted between Hindus and Muslims because it turns out Islam has been in India for a long time and had a huge influence. You can't just ask its hundreds of millions to just go away and pretend it didn't happen. And denying their link to India, just makes things even more confusing.
Why am I talking about India again instead of China? Well I just wanted to give a case example of a country that is wasting loads of time trying to "destroy" or rewrite stuff about foreign influence in its country. Like will it work in the long term? Who knows? Maybe they will censor the internet so all of the above you will not know about in the future. But then that will mean a huge disconnect between the narrative and reality which will confuse people because things will eventually not add up. When you tell a lie, you need to cover it with more lies so eventually you have a heavy load trying to constantly hide. See Operation Sindoor for example.
And in the end its probably selective anyway. If India is truly serious, it should start by destroying the Taj Mahal right this instant to prove what a loyal Hindu nation it is.
| Old Name | Current Official Name | Key Foreign Influence | Year Change |
| Calcutta | Kolkata | British (East India Company) | 2001 |
| Bombay | Mumbai | Portuguese (ceded to British) | 1995 |
| Madras | Chennai | British (Fort St. George) | 1996 |
| Cochin | Kochi | Portuguese, Dutch, British | 1996 (city merger) |
| Pondicherry | Puducherry | French | 2006 |
The more I read about India, the more I realize loads of "Indian" things have foreign origins. A lot being from the middle east (not necessary Islamic although that is the case for a lot) and british. For example Urdu and Hindi have loads of loan words. A lot of food, clothing and buildings have middle east style due to Mughal influence. Actually hell their government style has that influence since the guys in charge were sultans and later brits. The capital of Gujarat (Modi's home state) is called Ahmedabad and historically that has been a trading port between the Middle East and the South Asian continent. Congress party was founded by a brit and the the word Hindu itself comes from Persian.
If you didn't know this? Well its probably done on purpose. I mean those name changes are quite recent. There's a deliberate effort to downplay a lot of foreign stuff and claim it as Indian. And then you wonder why there's so much energy wasted between Hindus and Muslims because it turns out Islam has been in India for a long time and had a huge influence. You can't just ask its hundreds of millions to just go away and pretend it didn't happen. And denying their link to India, just makes things even more confusing.
Why am I talking about India again instead of China? Well I just wanted to give a case example of a country that is wasting loads of time trying to "destroy" or rewrite stuff about foreign influence in its country. Like will it work in the long term? Who knows? Maybe they will censor the internet so all of the above you will not know about in the future. But then that will mean a huge disconnect between the narrative and reality which will confuse people because things will eventually not add up. When you tell a lie, you need to cover it with more lies so eventually you have a heavy load trying to constantly hide. See Operation Sindoor for example.
And in the end its probably selective anyway. If India is truly serious, it should start by destroying the Taj Mahal right this instant to prove what a loyal Hindu nation it is.
