1. Sri @manojmuntashir Ji,
It’s not always possible to find exact equivalent words in languages that originated in different civilisations. Hence, linguists & translators use words that have approximate meanings. And if there is none, then word of other language is imported. +

2. Most northern Indian languages use धर्म for religion whereas Telugu uses मत. This has been the practice for at least 200 years. So there is no point now to indulge in hairsplitting polemics or trying to pluck feather out of egg about धर्म and religion, their differences etc. +

3. Importantly it will create more avoidable confusion in the minds of already confused ordinary Hindus apart from giving scope to Courts & #PseudoHindutva RSS-BJP to declare that Hinduism is not a religion. And do you @manojmuntashir know what will be its adverse consequences? +

4. If Hinduism is not a religion but a way of life (by the way every religion is a way of life), then Hindus will automatically be deprived of whatever little religious rights they got under our anti-Hindu Constitution. And that will spell death knell for Hinduism and Hindus.🙏

5. Moreover, languages evolve and meanings of words undergo change.
I was told that नास्तिक means one who doesn’t believe in primacy of Vedas. It doesn’t mean atheist. However, for want of equivalent word for atheist we use it. And same happened in case of “religion” and धर्म ।