Honouring Vande Mataram is an affirmation of loyalty to a shared homeland, an idea that need not threaten religious faith but ...
Bhupendra Patel says the song’s message remains relevant and links the milestone to a nationwide commemoration ...
Originally written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay in highly Sanskritised Bengali, Vande Mataram was composed in the 1870s and published in the novel Anandamath ...
By ordering the mandatory inclusion of all six stanzas of Vande Mataram into the national song, insisting that it be performed before the country’s secular national anthem, the government has ...
They were two of the biggest country stars of the 1990s — the cowboy with party anthems and tender ballads that packed arenas ...
In 1950, the Constituent Assembly placed Jana Gana Mana at the heart of the Republic and limited Vande Mataram’s official role. Revisiting that balance today raises deeper questions about India’s ...
Together, these voices reveal a steelpan tradition that is neither fixed nor exclusive. In the hands of the Indian diaspora, the national instrument of Trinidad and Tobago becomes a vessel of memory ...
Long before typing bubbles and blue ticks got our hearts racing, Hindi cinema understood that romance needed distance, and a handwritten letter to bridge it.
The new order will draw political controversy as the BJP and the Congress have been at loggerheads over this matter last year.
MEBI and Huawei launched Indonesia’s first liquid-cooled ultra-fast EV charger in Tangerang, supporting all major EV brands.
Discover Irish Children’s Books is holding a symposium for all adults interested in writing and illustrating children’s books ...
The Union home ministry has chosen a striking moment for a cultural reminder. With the West Bengal assembly polls expected in April-May 2026, it issued a direct ...