The Bharateeya

The people who lived in North, South, or Central America are called Indians. When Europeans arrived there, they started using these uncivilized people as slaves. They used to scorn them, depersonalize them and treat them unkindly. Similarly, the British had no respect for the Bharateeya; they treated us not as humans but as if our individual feelings and thoughts were not important. It was because of this that they started calling us Indians. To be associated with the term ‘India’ is to be constantly reminded of the slavery under British colonial rule. The second of the five pledges that PM Modi has asked the countrymen to make is to erase all traces of servitude until the end of the Amritkaal. Now we have built our own parliament building on which the lions are no more naive and submissive.