Sindhu, Hindu and National Anthem
Recently the supreme court upheld the decision of Center to keep which word is real part of the national anthem as if the words of poet and poem are lost from documents or memory. No more be the choice of Rabindranath Tagore who wrote it and / or Jawaharlal Nehru who chose it as national anthem.
The choice itself was dubious as the poem was in praise of King George on occasion of his visit to India. Many people expected " Vande Maturam " by Bankimchandra would be natural choice as it was very popularly used in freedom struggle by all and sundries including Nehru. He was perhaps lured by the word "Jana gana mana" meaning population of India and " Adhinayak" meaning not the British Monarch but the Democratic Government. Some poetic liberty here taken not by the poet but by the selector who underlined the evaluation of British democracy and the evolution of Indian democracy.
Why limit such liberty to Nehru alone ? After all democracy is of the people by the people and for the people. May it be used by any Government that will come into power through democratic set up.
Little worry is that after few changes it may no longer resemble with the original work of Rabindranath, the great poet and Noble prize winner.
Recently the supreme court upheld the decision of Center to keep which word is real part of the national anthem as if the words of poet and poem are lost from documents or memory. No more be the choice of Rabindranath Tagore who wrote it and / or Jawaharlal Nehru who chose it as national anthem.
The choice itself was dubious as the poem was in praise of King George on occasion of his visit to India. Many people expected " Vande Maturam " by Bankimchandra would be natural choice as it was very popularly used in freedom struggle by all and sundries including Nehru. He was perhaps lured by the word "Jana gana mana" meaning population of India and " Adhinayak" meaning not the British Monarch but the Democratic Government. Some poetic liberty here taken not by the poet but by the selector who underlined the evaluation of British democracy and the evolution of Indian democracy.
Why limit such liberty to Nehru alone ? After all democracy is of the people by the people and for the people. May it be used by any Government that will come into power through democratic set up.
Little worry is that after few changes it may no longer resemble with the original work of Rabindranath, the great poet and Noble prize winner.
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