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Vande Mataram row explained: What it means, its Anandamath novel link, were some stanzas removed and why it’s political againVande Mataram lyrics, meaning, and its novel origin: Parliament will hold a special discussion on Vande Mataram's 150th anniversary. Prime ...
Congress seeks PM Modi's apology for 'insulting' founding fathers with 'Vande Mataram' remarksCongress general secretary Jairam Ramesh shared pages of Tagore's biography in Bengali, where he suggested that the first two stanzas of "V...
'Vande Mataram': History of discontent over India's national songPrime Minister Modi highlighted that the omission of key stanzas from "Vande Mataram" in 1937 contributed to India's partition. The nationa...
We, the people of India...: How they debated the first sentence of the ConstitutionThe Constitution of India, adopted on November 26, 1949, and effective from January 26, 1950, begins with the Preamble. The Preamble, the i...
Don’t just moon over your past, Bengal, eyes forwardBengal, once the vanguard of intellectual and cultural renaissance in India, saw its prominence wane. This decline is a multifaceted phenom...
Mamata Banerjee calls herself "donkey" for not recognising "true face" of Adhikari familyVenting her ire against Suvendu Adhikari, her protege-turned-rival who is pitted against the TMC leader from Nandigram constituency for the...
How chant of Jai Shri Ram became a subaltern war cry in West BengalMamata has enlarged the stakes by projecting the electoral battle as one involving the defence of the Bengali identity against predators fr...
Vande Mataram: A song in search of a nationIn its over 140-yrs history, the song has remained widely popular and has generated controversies. Here is a sample of all that has happene...
PM Narendra Modi gets rousing welcome during his roadshowGovernor S C Jamir and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik were not seen at the airport to welcome the Prime Minister as his visit was "non-offic...
- Indian Big Brothers take to streets over Shilpa-Gere kiss
Activists, mostly of Hindu outfits, in Varanasi, Bhopal, Kanpur, Indore, Delhi and Mumbai burnt effigies of Gere and Shetty to give vent to...