Hyderabad, Sept. 17 -- Telangana Praja Palana Dinotsavam (People's Governance Day). That is the new moniker for Operation Polo, the military action through which Hyderabad was annexed to India on September 17, 1948, given by the current Congress government in Telangana. The previous Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) government called it National Integration Day, while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been hard pressing for it to be officially called "Liberation Day."

But none of it makes sense, and frankly, one cannot expect honesty from any government these days, especially with regard to accepting and putting out information with historical accuracy. Operation Polo, in recent years, has become more and more contested, as different narra...