It is the favourite pass time of idle politicians to create controversies and divert attention to more mundane issues. The names of roads, states, and towns, monuments, etc are changed with vigour and increasing frequency that has neither enhanced their worth or added shine and glow. On the contrary it has led to wasteful expenditure to rewrite official records. To be in the lime light be industrious and create new projects to name them. A cricket stadium was renamed after Arun Jaitley and another in Gujarat. States districts, Madras, Bengal, Mangalore , UP ,Bombay, etc have been renamed but people care two hoots or consider it as great contribution. The paranoia against Nehru and family will not obliterate historical facts by resorting to such cheap tactics. Politicians glorify themselves more than any other citizen whose contributions are path breaking like scientists, doctors, engineers, lawyers, sports people, artists. etc. Indelible gratitude accrues to contributions and achievements and not just names. Sentiments and emotions are attached to names and have historical background. The next in line may be India and then change of constitution. The politicians smell foul with their present names and in order to wipe out the past associated with their names , must first resort to this exercise. India will be saved from dishonour and disgrace associated with politicians. Just because they are in power today's politicians feel they are parents to christen everything under the stone.
