In 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India is troubled by “1200 years of slave mentality“. He was clearly lumping together the 200 years of British colonial rule and the preceding medieval Muslim era as a long and undivided period of colonial suffering.

Those who opposed the name change argued that Aurangzeb was not much different from many other rulers of India, regardless of their religious identity, who engaged in violent acts against their enemies to consolidate power. They pointed out that while Aurangzeb destroyed some temples, he simultaneously protected many others, demonstrating that his actions were not driven by “cruelty” or a desire for religious oppression, but political considerations.

Critics of the name change also pointed out that the Aurangzeb Road’s sign was not the only one vandalized byLike An Egyptian" swapped placed this week in 1987.

Off The ChartNumber 100"Daydream Believer" by The MonkeesPeak: number 62 (original peak: number 2)This re-release of one of the '60s sensations' biggest hits coincided with Davy Jones and Pete Tork's tour of Australia, which concluded in April 1987 down the road from where I now live!

Number 92"Graceland" by Paul SimonPeak: number 62Last week, we saw "The Boy In The Bubble" dent the top 50. It was joined in the bottom half of the top 100 by the title track of Paul Simon's album, which hadn't left the top 5 since the end of October.

Breakers"Say Goodbye To It All" by Chris De BurghPeak: number 59Since "The Lady In Red" was proving to be quite the stayer - still in the top