10. (224) Which text influences Dr. Parchure in naming boys?
His desire in naming boys was outlined in the text written by Savakar— Hindutva where he explains the ideology of “what is a name?” and “how they are given”. Here Savakar focuses on issues of the etymology of Hindu and Hindustan “in order to promote a genealogy of names connecting Hindus and Hindustan with India and Indians. The representation of a name is very important indeed as discussed in class that a name has” two states of consciousness then alow[s] an easy flow of thoughts fro one to the other of see, till at last it seems impossible to separate them” (224). Here Savakar critiques that a name is a representation of the self, in that a person should be named according to the personality of a person because the name itself is a description of a person. In contrast, the name given to someone is also a reflection of the and what the person should represent. For instance, Dr. Parchure’s obsession with naming children is done in order to help promote nationalism. For the name Vinayak, many people thought it was a representation of the god Ganesh—“who was auspicious deity celebrated as the remover of obstacles” (213). This should be a reflection of the man Vinayak however was a name that was supposed to promote nationalism, and the celebration of Savakar Vinayak.
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