A rejoinder on ‘Naxal grass’ — but what about ‘Dimagi Naxals’?

Following my blog, in which I cited renowned mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik, who mocked Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Dimagi Naxal” remark by stating that the word “Naxal” refers to a “special river reed that grows in North Bengal (kash grass) with silvery flowers”, and that “Naxali” would be the name of Lord Shiva’s son Kartikeya, who was “born amongst these reeds”, I received an interesting