Vande Mataram and the challenge to multicultural nationalism

Explore the controversy surrounding Vande Mataram's relevance to India's multicultural nationalism and secular identity in ...
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Vande Mataram controversy: Why was the song truncated: explained

A decade-long discussion on India’s national song, Vande Mataram, resurfaced in Parliament on Monday, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi led a 10-hour debate in the Lok Sabha to mark the song’s 150th ...
The Financial Express

Parliament Winter Session Highlight: ‘Nehru began investigating Vande Mataram… agreed with Jinnah’s sentiments’ – PM Modi attacks Congress

PM Modi Vande Mataram Debate Highlight: Tensions rose last month during an event marking the song’s 150th year, when PM Modi ...

No controversy can dim Vande Mataram’s enduring legacy in nation-building

Vande Mataram – the song and phrase – is the strongest connection that the post-independence generation can have with the ...
The Diplomat

‘Forcible Imposition’ of India’s National Song Triggers Resistance in the Country’s Northeast

Some stanzas of “Vande Mataram” refer to Hindu goddesses. India’s religious minorities say it goes against their monotheist beliefs. Activists of the Nagaland unit of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata ...
India Today on MSN

Vijay's oath: Vande Mataram sung in full, followed by National Anthem, state song

Interestingly, the song, penned by renowned Bengali author Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay in 1882, was not played at the Bengal ...