Why we should oppose Aurangzebing of Aurangzeb

August 30, 2015 19:43

The news that Aurangzeb Road is to be re-named now, is both a surprise and no surprise.

Surprise because mature people are not expected to act immaturely.

No surprise because mature people can act like they have never read history.

Decaying dynasties used to see upstarts and putatives issue fresh coins with new insignia, unveil new heraldry, over-write their hollow names and styles on ancient rock, to smudge out the old, using the grand old surfaces to carry a new firman, a new edict.

The shallower the claimant, the coarser the metal of the coin, the cruder the new scrawl over the old.

Re-naming roads is about the most immature and least convincing sign of authority. It is invariably the accoutrement of new power.

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