Extinguishing The Eternal Flame

Extinguishing the eternal flame at India Gate, New Delhi, is an act of sacrilege. The Modi government has crossed the laxman rekha. The explanation that its being merged with the flame at the newly constructed war memorial is hardly convincing. Or that Modi government is so short of funds that they cannot maintain two flames. To maintain the two flames they could have taken the help of oil majors IOCL and BPCL. Or if they still needed more money they could have sold the two companies. Then the reasoning that India Gate represents the colonial era, but then the President should also move out from the Rashtrapati Bhawan Palace. That too is colonial. And Modi should stop giving his bhashan from atop the Red Fort, that's Mughal, it should be returned to the successors of the last mughal emperor. And retired Army officers writing nostalgia pieces about Amar Jawan Jyoti and at the same time supporting the act of the Modi government only shows how far they have come. History does not start today or even yesterday. Respecting elders and traditions is also a part of Indian sanatan culture.