S1E14: A Recent History of Naming

Changing names sometimes causes major controversies, and sometimes it does not. HistoryChatter in this episode investigates the curious case of villages with embarrassing names.

In rural India, mockery and ridicule are commonplace and residents from villagers with embarrassing names are often anxious that neighbors, relatives, and even the government might insult or isolate them.

Yet, the process of officially changing the name of a village is a difficult and lengthy process.
While there may be a number of reasons behind the naming of a village in India, in every case such names appear to subject villagers to endless mockery and embarrassment.
Whenever villagers demand changes in names, it is a desperate attempt on their part to remove or rewrite an unpleasant or embarrassing history.

 

Hosted by Dr. Anirban Bandyopadhyay 

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