Mamata govt makes rainbow secular

January 13, 2017 16:25

The traditional name for rainbow in Bengali is 'Ramdhenu' or Lord Ram's bow. However, in an attempt to 'secularise' the word, as opposed to saffronisation attempts in texts books of several BJP-ruled states, the West Bengal Council for Higher Education has replaced the word with 'Rongdhenu' or bow of colours.

While Bangladesh had long replaced the word 'Ramdhenu' with 'Rongdhenu', the towing of line by neighbouring West Bengal has created a huge hue and cry among the academia and on social media circles, while some calling it 'language terror' and others saying it is in line with alleged appeasement policies of Mamata Banerjee. Read the report here.

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