Defying Copernicus, the Bharatiya Janata Party continues to believe that the world, or at least its world, revolves around Sonia Gandhi. The party’s president Rajnath Singh has said that the Congress chief should drop her “Gandhi” surname if she does not believe in the existence of Lord Rama as Mahatma Gandhi did. What’s more, Singh also wants Rahul and Priyanka to also drop their “Gandhi” surname.
“Mahatma Gandhi’s political vision was Ram Rajya while his spiritual vision was Raghupati Raghav Rajaram. His ultimate belief and the last words were ‘Hey Ram’. If Lord Rama did not exist, then it means the preachings of Gandhiji were all wrong. The Congress president has Gandhi in her surname. Her children also carry Gandhi surnames. Then I think they should reconsider,” he said.
Questions: Should Sonia, Rahul and Priyanka drop their ‘Gandhi’ surname because of the Ram Sethu controversy? Is there any concrete evidence to link the “Lord-Rama-does-not-exist” affidavit with 10, Janpath? Do even India’s most illiterate and ignorant think Sonia and her children are descended from Mahatma Gandhi? Or is Rajnath Singh unaware that the Gandhis draw their surname from Feroze Gandhy, a Parsi whom Indira married, but who was reportedly persuaded by Mahatma Gandhi to change the spelling of his surname? Or has the BJP completely become bankrupt and bereft of any substantive issues?
Sonia/Rahul/Proyanka never deserve surname “Gandhi”. Rahul was a drug addict few years back and has a Columbian girl friend. So his PHIRANGI girlfriend will also will have “GANDHI” surname in future..then their dog name,cat name etc…What a sick state of affairs of India..People are so dumb ..Congress leaders are always behind Italian Sonia’s saree..same on those congress SHANDA leaders.
RAM is identity of India and people should always vote the party which preserves RAM and culture of India. Not to the party which is lead by COLUMBIAN and ITALIAN girls.
Vande Mataram..Jai Hind. Jai Sri Ram.
Whether it is Gandhi or Gandhy it is still a name. It is like saying all those with Wodeyar as surname should not use it as it confuses with the Wodeyar/ Wadiyar’s of Mysore Royalty. I had a collegiate whose name was Nehru (a lawyer now) ! It is on such silly issues BJP some times talk crap and try to hot below the belt. I think they should show some maturity and some dignity while making such puerile comments. Yes many of may not like Mrs. Sonia Maini controlling the cogs of power but it is sad as HDD/HDK/HDR making a mockery of Democracy. But it appears this is what we deserve.
Jeevarathna…question is not just about name. Question is whether Sonia/Rahul/Priyanka DESERVE gandhi as their surname ? It is an insult to father of nation. BJP said the right thing and ONLY BJP always speaks in the national interest.
Regarding HDD/HDK/HDR there will an entry in Oxford Dictionary soon. I’ll be speaking with Oxford press on this.
Entry will be:
HDD/HDK/HDR (noun) = shameless/betrayal/cunning/moneymaking/goondas/Shameful Kannadiga/Sleeping/landgrabbing etc etc……………………..
Jeevrathna, you are right about this. Some leaders make comments without thinking. While he would have been right to suggest that she should have shown more consideration to the other Gandhi’s (Bapu) name, asking her to change her name is not warranted.
ShIttre, Pray which is tha party that stands by ‘ maryada purushothama Rama@!!- see its not a question mark:)
If it is not an issue, why Priyanaka still calls herself “gandhi” instead of vadhera?
Faldo/ Jeevarathna do you have any answer?
Shweta Bachchan or shweta Nanda – whose creation is it ? Why only blame Priyanka . There is a Maneka Gandhi and a Varun Gandhi too in public life and very much Indian. Yet why are the people of India treating them as country cousins. What ever happened to Arun Nehru ? In the end it is all partly charisma and public’s fallacy. Otherwise why did people of Bellary otherwise rooting for BJP still voted Sonia ? Why blame her – blame yourself . If you are a fool then why blame someone if they exploit you ?
I think the question here is whether somebody is justified asking another person to change his or her name. That I would think is not justified.
There is no question that some people with a famous last name or family name will try to exploit it. If there is a concern about that then instead of asking for a name change, explaining more clearly and cautioning the public about how that person is misusing or exploiting the name would have been a better choice.
Dear Faldo, you are confused!
Sonias original surname was maino, according to you she should not have changed it!
so now we all know that Indira married Feroz Ghandy (yes, not Gandhi, as we are made to believe! read http://india.indymedia.org/en/2003/07/6255.shtml for details) for the simple reason of aquiring “pseudo” Gandhi status, for all her other requirements there was Yunus…
please read Ravi Belegeres works for info!
and ignorants like Falod keep giving us crap!
Jeevarathna…I’m laughing at your ignorance.Don’t even compare people like social worker like Maneka/Varun with Priyanka/Rahul. I advise you to write letter to President of India to invite Sonia’s cousin Quattrocchi of infamous Bofors scam and attach “Gandhi” to his name to call him “Quattrocchi Gandhi” and give him defence ministry. Oh Lord !
ShetrE : Maneka and Varun- social workers !!! Now I don’t even know whether i should laugh or cry . Maneka’s passion for animals is well known but she is a politician first and has been minster too. May be likes of you think all those in BJP are social workers working for the Bharatmata. I have made it very clear thro’ out my tit bits here that i am no sympathizer of maino/gandhi etc hullabaloo. Why don’t you think Gandhi means dirt . It is all in your perception.
Shetre, Please read my comments again before jumping to conclusions. All I am suggesting is that somebody else is not qualified to ask a person to change his or her name. That is a personal decision. I hope you get the point.
I have also said that there is no doubt that some people will exploit a last name to their advantage. But instead of asking for a name change (which is pointless), the person’s misdeeds need to be exposed in a better manner.
For example, can I ask you to change your name from NRIShetru to something else because I dont like your comments or because I feel it insults NRIs? Adu nimma ishta!
On another note, try to refrain from personal comments (I understand you did not mean it in a bad way) so that the focus is on the subject.
Sorry I meant some my earlier comments for E Raviraj Gowda TV, but mentioned NRIShetru by mistake.
Isn’t it wonderful? This is the reality
# With the water-table going down, farmers are forced to dig their bore wells deeper, incurring higher costs
# Power supply is woefully inadequate and erratic
# Spurious seeds are flooding the market and selling at astronomical prices
# Bank credit is untimely, insufficient and troublesome, compelling kisans to turn to private money-lenders
And we have people whose highest national priority is whether someone else “deserve” their surnames, how and why they acquired those and …
Incredible India Indeed
Jeevaratna…you are not getting my point still. I never told Gandhi is dirt. Please read my comments again.
SH…your farmer issues need to be discussed in a different discussion thread. Not in this discussion I think. You may ask farmer related questions to great cunning crook of the century “Mr.HD DeveGowda” MANNINA “VACHANA BRISTA” MAGA.
Going by the rabid non-sensical posts – we Indians probably deserve our fate. We vote for crooks and then waste time discussing in democratic forums why Crook#1 is better than Crook#2.
All this time-pass probably by great Indian IT populace using company’s resources.
Not many know that the real name wasnt Feroze Ghandy, but Feroze Khan.He wasnt a Parsi either.He was a Muslim. He was a law student in the same college that Motilal Nehru was teaching in. Feroze used to come to
Motilal’s place for tuitions and slowly become closer to the family and then to Indira. Rest is know to everyone.. But the point has already been raised
by Modi. He had questioned the need for Indira Gandhi to change her family name to Gandhi when it must have been Khan.. this is just to fool
the gullible Hindu’s into voting for her.
http://www.vepachedu.org/Nehrudynasty.html
Changes like Indra GHANDY to
Indra GANDHI
Rajiv Gandhi
Sonia Gandhi
Rahu Gandhi
It should have always been GHANDY. Will some body with GUTS check as to at what stage this change took place and whether this change is valid and authenticated in the future interest of INDIA. Good topic for a research paper for Phd.
Gandhi believed in the eistence of Ram???? what rubbish… this is probablt the most dengerous deasing that have ceased indians… please read about such topics before making an oppinion or don’t make any… Gandhi’s verson of rama was not some superhuman lord residing in the heavens and hating muslims. in fact he said that he belive in just on god: the formless, the shapeless known as diffrent names around the world like Allah and Jehova etc…
India have real issues.. but look parties like BJP are playing at!! and even more stange is that so many people here are endosring it!!
India has been a secular nation from the very begining… and hinduism accepts all thoughts and faiths.. it does not compete not does it hate any other relihion.. if u do then dont vall yourself a hindu anymore.. Jai Hind