National Anthem(Right or Wrong !!!!!)

[privinay]

Posted here is something about Our national anthem.
i didnt knew whether u know about it or not ???

An interesting read about our national anthem.

Just a thought for the National Anthem!
How well do u know about it? I have always wondered who is the "adhinayak" and "bharat bhagya vidhata", whose praise we are singing. I thought may be God! Our current National Anthem "Jana Gana Mana" is sung throughout the country. Did you know the national
anthem, Jana Gana Mana Adhinayaka, was written by Rabindranath Tagore in
honor of King George V and the Queen of England when they visited India in 1919. To honor their visit Pundit Motilal Nehru had the five stanzas included, which are in praise of the King and Queen.
(And most of us think it is in the praise of our great motherland!!!)
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 were included, since they were directly under Portuguese rule at that time.
The Jana Gana Mana Adhinayaka implies that King George V is the lord
of the masses and Bharata Bhagya Vidhata is "the bestower of good fortune".

Following is a translation of the five stanzas which glorify the King:
1st stanza
(Indian) People wake up remembering your good name and ask for your blessings and they sing your glories.
2nd stanza
Around your throne people of all religions come and give their love and anxiously wait to hear your kind words.
3rd stanza
Praise to the King for being the charioteer, for leading the ancient travelers beyond misery.
4th stanza
Drowned in the deep ignorance and suffering, poverty stricken, unconscious country? Waiting for the wink of your eye and your
mother's (the Queen's) true protection.
5th stanza
In your compassionate plans, the sleeping Bharat (India) will wake up. We bow down to your feet O' Queen, and glory to Rajeshwara
(the King).

This whole poem does not indicate any love for the Motherland but depicts a bleak picture. When you sing Jana Gana Mana Adhinayaka, whom are you glorifying?
Certainly not the Motherland. Is it God?

The poem does not indicate that. It is time now to understand the original purpose and the implication of this, rather than blindly sing as has been done the past fifty years.
Nehru chose the present national anthem as opposed to Vande Mataram because he thought that it would be easier for the band to play. It was an absurd reason but Today for that matter bands have advanced and they can very well play any music.
So they can as well play Vande Mataram,which is a far better composition in praise of our dear Motherland-India.

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If this is all True then Vande Mataram should be our National Anthem.
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[jitendersingh]

Why this fuss??
If it was written with that intent, it was not accepted as national anthem with same intent.
If you think that while the anthem is being played you still remember King and not Almighty, it's your fault, otherwise it is okay.

[privinay]

Jitender Singh (Oct 15, 2003 12:55 p.m.):
Why this fuss??
If it was written with that intent, it was not accepted as national anthem with same intent.
If you think that while the anthem is being played you still remember King and not Almighty, it's your fault, otherwise it is okay.



Maybe it's my Perception...but when you know this you Can't Ignore it.
Don't take it otherwise But Accept Change !!!

That Intention was to please British. Do you want to do that Knowingly or unknowingly. ..May be Not.

[jitendersingh]

I still can't agree to that line. The national Anthem was picked up after the Independence by Constitutional Assembly.
Maybe it was written for King George, but it was accepted as National Anthem for India by the Indians.
If you think that it still lauds King George, I don't think that you can think in a rational way.

I tell you one more fact " the national anthem of Bangladesh is also written by an India-----
same Rabindranath Tagore, and that too was written about 60 years prior to independence of Bangladesh."