Bharat is the original name, has a nice ring to it: Gavaskar amid India-Bharat row

Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar, on being asked about the India-Bharat name change row, said 'Bharat' is the country's "original name", adding, "It has a nice ring to it." Gavaskar, in an interview with India Today, said, "Changes have occurred. Burma is now called Myanmar. So the original name can come in and I don't see much of a problem".