About the names.
When people migrate they carry not only memories, they do take place names, rituals etc also. One interesting case is history of parsis. Many of the sur names/place names today still exists at Iran. Names like tata, nariman, vakkeel, Surat etc, are few examples.
Amazing book with loads of information. I personally follow this author for quite some time and this book shed light on his civil service journey along with his research on onomastics and Indology.
During his tenure at election commission he witnessed the below one.
At 2008 in Rajasthan, a candidate who considered as a next chief minister lost the election by a vote. Sadly,his wife and daughter failed to caste vote and went to temple on the election day to pray for him.