However ascribing a failure to do so as general "whiteness" rather than the lack of intellectual rigour that it is,
You don’t need intellectual rigour to know the names of regions. You just need some geographical knowledge.
I’m sorry, but you shouldn’t talk about J&K if you don’t even know its name. I certainly don’t think this is a radical stance.
But I get your point, and when people make geographical errors in the future, I will correct them in a kinder manner.