What is the logic behind not naming the father: What if the middle name is removed from Atmaram Tukaram Bhide?; Misfire in the government's middle name

My full name is Vijay Deenanath Chauhan. I am the secretary of Gokuldham Society, Atmaram Tukaram Bhide... My name is Jethalal Champaklal Gada... These dialogues have been memorized by the people. It is a matter of full names. The Gujarat government has issued an advisory saying that it is not mandatory to write the father's name behind the child's name. With this decision, if not today, then tomorrow, the axis of the social system will change. After all, why did the Gujarat government take this decision, what will be its impact? We will know in the Gujarat Explainer... Question 1: What decision did the Gujarat government take? Answer: If a child is born in someone's house, whether it is a son or a daughter. One has to go to the office of the municipal corporation or the municipality and get the birth certificate. The father who arrives with joy writes the child's name and then his own name. This tradition is not of today, it has been going on for years. Now the Gujarat government has destroyed this banyan tree with an axe. The Chief Registrar of the Birth and Death Department of the Health Department of the government suddenly issued a notification on September 2, 2026. There were some advisories, out of which four main advisories are... Apart from this, some instructions have also been written. For example, 10 months ago, in the notification issued on November 25, 2025, this advisory had been... The Assembly session is not running. There is no political atmosphere. The government has taken a decision that will affect everyone. Question 2: Why did the government have to take such a sudden decision? Answer: Now the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi is approaching. The booking of the idol of Ganpati Bappa is going on. But what about the colour of Holi? Where to get the spray from? Wait, wait... Don't assume that there is a mistake in the writing. There is no direct or indirect connection between Ganpati Bappa and Holi. The Gujarat government has done something similar. It has not dawned and has not issued any notifications. On September 2, 2026, when people were in the mood to move around, planning weekends and Janmashtami, the health department of the Gujarat government went to Surat and issued a notification. Since it is a holiday season and a weekend, no one will notice much about it. The government assumed so. And so it happened. The news was suppressed. It did not roar. There are some reasons behind the government taking such a decision. But it remains to be seen how many people implement this notification, how much awareness is there among the people and whether it will have a deep impact on the social system. Question 3: What will be the impact of this decision on the social system? Answer: We also have a tendency to say full names because of film dialogues. For example, Amitabh Bachchan's dialogue 'Vijay Deenanath Chauhan' in Agneepath is still on the lips of the people. That is, whenever people used to say their names, they started saying their full names. The serial 'Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah' also continued the practice of taking full names. 'Atmaram Tukaram Bhide' or 'Jethalal Champaklal Gada' and 'Champaklal Jayantilal Gada'... In this way, the trend of taking full names with father's name continued in films and serials. Due to this trend, such a mindset has been set that when people chant 'Atmaram Bhide', 'Tukaram' automatically gets uttered. Actually, this is a true tradition. Take the example of Sampoorna Singh Kalra. This is the name of the legendary lyricist and poet of Bollywood. Everyone knows him by the name of Gulzar. His daughter became a director in Bollywood. He gave superhit films like Raazi. He did not even use his own surname. He is known only as Meghna Gulzar. That is because people know him by his father's name. The list of his children who are known by their father's name is long. Who is Arjun Tendulkar? Sachin's son. Who is Anant Ambani? Mukeshbhai's son. Who is Ranbir Kapoor? Rishi Kapoor's son. Who is Athiya Shetty? Suniel Shetty's daughter. Who is Deepika Padukone? Prakash Padukone's daughter... But the question is, what will be the impact of this government decision on the social system? In response, Lok Bharti University Vice-Chancellor and educationist Dr. Bhadrayu Vacharajani says, "The notification issued by the Gujarat government is timely. What will be its social impact? We are moving in the opposite direction from the marriage system. We are establishing a live-in relationship. Then there is no need to write the father's name behind one's name. Such a notification puts people in a dilemma. Bhadrayubhai also says that even if someone has a love marriage, the society accepts it only when both the parents agree with it. If it can be decided to register a love marriage on the basis of parents, then it is not clear what would be the purpose of saying that the father's name should not be written behind the child's name. Secondly, when many questions are being raised for citizenship in India, certificates of where our father was born are sought. In such a situation, the decision not to write the father's name, instead of writing the mother's name or anyone's name, seems unnecessary. We are also aware that if there is a mistake in the name of the father, even in the spelling of the surname, then we say that there should be the same spelling everywhere. If we are making a mistake in the matter of spelling, then what will be the motive behind saying that it is optional to write the father's name, only the decision maker can tell. Dr. Bhadrayu Vacharajani says, "On the one hand, we are beating the drums of Sanatan Dharma, so how valid this decision is, it is worth thinking. Before taking such socially influential decisions, the government should go to five, seven or eleven people representing the society and think about the impact of this. If the father's name is not mentioned in the birth certificate or the school leaving certificate, then what will be the repercussions in the future. The government has created a vortex by throwing pebbles in the calm waters. Let us accept the existence of both the father and the mother who give birth. Let's keep both together. There is a trend among young girls to keep the surname of their father and in-laws after marriage. This trend has been set. I believe that it is better that we write the surname of both the father and the mother after our own names. If I give my own example, then I should be known not only as Bhadrayu but also as Bhadrayu Vinayak Hansa Vachrajani. It is the pride of the society. Bhadrayubhai expressed his opinion but the sociologist gives his opinion of what is right and wrong by showing his different point of view. Question 4: Is this decision taken by the government right or wrong? Answer: This should be a topic of discussion in Gujarat. Because if the father's name is not written next to his name, then there will definitely be an interference in the distribution of property. The father can also say that he does not have his name behind him in any of his documents, so you will not get a single rupee. On the other side of the coin, the man from a middle-class or lower middle-class family is already grinding. In earlier times, the father used to make a will and distribute the property among his children. But now the middle-class father will not have such a huge wealth that he will continue to do so in the name of his child. Therefore, the middle-class father will not write his name after his child's name after thinking for a long time. Because if he grows up and asks for a share, what will he give? If the boy takes away everything he has, what will he do for the rest of his life? There is a lot of dilemma. Sociologist Dr. Gaurang Jani says, I believe that this kind of reform came too late. This should have been done sooner. We wake up only after the government circular is issued. It is a surprise for modern Gujarat. Why don't we automatically wonder why our father's name is behind us? Why not the mother's name? Our social system has become so rigid that certain things have become ingrained in people's minds. If you go to fill any form, you will have to write M first and then F. Male and Female. Who told you to write mail first? Dr. Gaurang Jani further says, "We do not give property to women. They remain with men. Therefore, the government should say in its manifesto before the elections that if we come to power, then it is our priority that women should get property rights. This is the patriarchal system in our country. It is also written in the Constitution that women are equal shareholders in property. Let me talk about the three gates of Ahmedabad. If you go from Bhadrakali, there is a plaque in the last door on the right. A plaque from 200 years ago mentions that women should have an equal share in property. This was the thinking at that time. Now the government will also have to change the practice by giving instructions in its offices. Because today if you go to any government office, they ask your name and then your father's name. When the health department comes to your house and the woman opens the door, the first question she asks is where is the head of the house? The woman who opened the door is also the head of the house. Why do you consider men as the bosses? Therefore, the government will have to come out of this. The government has already issued a notification, but now it will have to be publicized vigorously. In our country, the G-SAT exam is conducted to become a professor and the mother's name is written along with the candidate. It belongs to the father, but the mother's name is preferred. Gaurangbhai says that celebrities like Sanjay Leela Bhansali who have written the mother's name after their name should be found and promoted by making them brand ambassadors. This is about Gujarat. But it is also important to know whether there is such a practice in India or in other countries. Question 5: Is there a tradition of not writing the father's name in other states of India or other countries? Answer: During the British rule and even after the British rule, the people working in the bureaucracy used to write their father's name to show their identity, especially their lineage. So that generations could be linked to the British records. After independence, the surname after the father's name was written and casteism originated from that. But the practice of writing the father's name after the name had entered the British era. But if we talk about other states of India - this is the story of India, is there such a practice in the countries of the world, read it - Talking about Bollywood, there is a trend of using the surnames of both mother and father among film stars. Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas have named their daughter Malti Mary Chopra Jonas. Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao named their son Azad Rao Khan, while Neha Dhupia and Angad Bedi named their daughter Mehr Dhupia Bedi. Mandira Bedi adopted a daughter last year, who has been named Tara Bedi Kaushal.