
After renaming towns and public places, the Narendra Modi government is at the centre of a storm for ostensibly pushing its first international name change idea – India to Bharat. And amid a political war of words, Newstrack – which is one of India Today’s flagship shows hosted by the channel’s news director Rahul Kanwal – on Wednesday tried to discuss the issue.
The telecast, headlined “India or Bharat?”, featured author and mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik and historian and economist Sanjeev Sanyal.