There is no gainsaying that the rumblings about the change of country’s name from India to Bharat can have far-reaching ramifications. The central government under NDA or any other coalition or party is surely entitled to use either of the two names mentioned in the constitution, and the rumours about the special session having been called to effect the formal name change may not turn out to be true, but the BJP, the leading partner in the central government, may temporarily succeed in projecting itself as the true inheritor of our cultural legacy, besides throwing the opposition alliance into an identity crisis. But is that all?