There is ‘Ram’ in Ramzan and ‘Ali’ in Diwali – this popular sentence has been being used to suggest that we Indians believe in composite culture and mutual respect. However, when it comes to real politics, the concept of composite culture and mutual respect is a one-way street.
Reaffirming this one-way street or one-eyed secularism, the West Bengal Council for Higher Education found out that the term Ramdhenu – which has been traditionally used to mean rainbow – was ‘communal’ as it literally meant bow of Lord Rama.
So they secularised the word and replaced Ramdhenu with Rongdhenu, a new word created to celebrate the Indian secularism (which is claimed to be based on the ideas of composite culture and mutual respect). Essentially, they said – anything related with Ram can’t be secular in India.
While the so-called “liberals” kept quite over this absurd decision that not only maims “mutual respect” but mutilates the language too, some others were outraged:
https://twitter.com/attomeybharti/status/819771640292655105
However, as it happens on Twitter, people can find a funny side to everything. And Mamata government’s decision to replace “Ram” with “Rong” reminded them of the old Twitter where #ReplaceMovieNames kind of hashtags used to trend:
https://twitter.com/coolfunnytshirt/status/819783709050052608
Since the move was inspired from politics, some wondered what will happen to Didi’s political opponents:
https://twitter.com/krantikari_yeda/status/819784027607441409
Some wondered what happens to the famous Ram Krishna Missions:
https://twitter.com/sughosh_v/status/819795576556355584
Will movies be remade or renamed too to suit secularism?
https://twitter.com/Atheist_Krishna/status/819795466116210688
Didi must not have watched Sholay because:
https://twitter.com/nowme_datta/status/819790347844788224
Next time SRK brings his son for an IPL match, will he have to rename him?
https://twitter.com/sapkalshreekant/status/819787412805013504
And this renaming of a revolutionary’s name will just be so uber-secular:
https://twitter.com/krantikari_yeda/status/819791064340889600
What about Ram Guha? Didi trusts him?
https://twitter.com/CrimeMasterV2/status/819791476829786112
And poor Hanumanji:
https://twitter.com/ComedyBanda/status/819790163651883009
Not just politics, it affects IT too:
https://twitter.com/ashishtikoo31/status/819788002893279234
And biology too:
https://twitter.com/kaaleeya/status/819785766087770116
Good that Gurugram, which was recently changed from ‘Gurgaon’, is not in West Bengal:
https://twitter.com/MplusJain/status/819794943447179265
But things are going to hurt in West Bengal:
https://twitter.com/ShootinThoughts/status/819793699739578368
The governance in West Bengal:
https://twitter.com/WordOfTheFree/status/819795423049060353
Despite this stupid decision, the “liberals” are not outraged, because:
https://twitter.com/Being_Humor/status/819794773888278528
And Gandhiji’s reaction to the whole affair:
https://twitter.com/IronyisHumans/status/819792043761250305