ashokpaul
August 23rd, 2003, 12:20 PM
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National Anthem "Jana Gana Mana"
One wonders who is the "adhinayak"
and "bharat bhagya vidhata", whose praise we are singing.
It's not Mother India or God but King George V and the Queen
of
England when they visited India in 1919. It was written by
Rabindranath Tagore in honor of their visit . In the original
Bengali verses only those provinces that were under British
rule, i.e. Punjab, Sindh, Gujarat, Maratha etc.were mentioned.
None of the
princely states were
recognized which are integral parts of India now - Kashmir,
Rajasthan,
Andhra, Mysore or Kerala. Neither the Indian Ocean nor the
Arabian Sea was
included, since they were directly under Portuguese rule at
that time. Last stanza clearly says the sleeping Bharat
(India)
bows down to your feet O'Queen,and glory to Rajeshwara (the
King).
So when you sing Jana Gana Mana Adhinayaka, whom are you
glorifying? Nehru chose the present national anthem as opposed
to
Vande Mataram because he thought that it
would be easier for the band to play - but Today for
that matter bands have advanced and they can
very well play any music. So they can as well play
VandeMataram, which is a
far better composition in praise
of our dear Motherland -India. Wake up, it's high time!
Shouldn't
Vande Mataram be our National Anthem ?
We must have national consensus on such issues.
National Anthem "Jana Gana Mana"
One wonders who is the "adhinayak"
and "bharat bhagya vidhata", whose praise we are singing.
It's not Mother India or God but King George V and the Queen
of
England when they visited India in 1919. It was written by
Rabindranath Tagore in honor of their visit . In the original
Bengali verses only those provinces that were under British
rule, i.e. Punjab, Sindh, Gujarat, Maratha etc.were mentioned.
None of the
princely states were
recognized which are integral parts of India now - Kashmir,
Rajasthan,
Andhra, Mysore or Kerala. Neither the Indian Ocean nor the
Arabian Sea was
included, since they were directly under Portuguese rule at
that time. Last stanza clearly says the sleeping Bharat
(India)
bows down to your feet O'Queen,and glory to Rajeshwara (the
King).
So when you sing Jana Gana Mana Adhinayaka, whom are you
glorifying? Nehru chose the present national anthem as opposed
to
Vande Mataram because he thought that it
would be easier for the band to play - but Today for
that matter bands have advanced and they can
very well play any music. So they can as well play
VandeMataram, which is a
far better composition in praise
of our dear Motherland -India. Wake up, it's high time!
Shouldn't
Vande Mataram be our National Anthem ?
We must have national consensus on such issues.