whhhhaaaaaaa?! hmmmm......then i must re think my position! if thats the case who knnows even cryptic angel might be a guy!:RollLol: WE NEED PROOF!!!!!!
:think: hmmmmm hmmmmmmmmmmmm :annoyed: correct ... we need a proof !!!! :RollLol: P.S.: why do we need a proof - what diff does it make if it is a he or she ... ?
I feel so freakin damned,....... how could i not try to understand our national anthem even once till now. National anthem means a lott to me,.... n i always had this feeling of pride pumping in my chest whenever i heard it anywhere. Guess things will change now! Gr8 info Amit!!
amit..great info...kudos to u...as for the rest of the intellects out here trying to make their point on how bad this country of ours is...guys....don't be nuts...its cos of a democracy like this that u ppl can actually post something like this and get away....hell think about our western neighbours....imagine urself out there for a few days and i bet u ppl will be greatful u've lived and breathed the air of this country....no offense guys....but face it.....we do a lot of things and get away with it...and that's cos we'r in this country
well, i never knew this, but when I sing, I indeed sing for my country and praise my country. I guess thats all it matters !!! Who cares about the words ? (now we cant change our national anthem to VM)
^^^ welll its so simple case of misunderstanding a great ........................ how can any1 say dis abt tagore while knowing dat he rejected knighthood for dat Jalianwalabaag incident.... its a pity to see still people has got doubt abt his patriotism....... dere are many cases of deforming facts to dishonor sum1 like dat ... take for example the Eagles Hotel California song...... sum says its a satanic song just bcuz first satanic church was established in california in the year 1969 and dere ws a mention abt dat year somewhere in that songs lyrics........ use your logic guyz........ coincidence happens.....and we can decipher 'em anyway we want .... bt consider other facts also b4 reaching a conclusion...... if tagore could do dis then ...i dont see any reason why he rejected dat knighthood.....
this is jus like sayin playin Hotel california bakwards u hear anti-christ shit. stupid rumours yaar...if this was the case sum scholars wuld hav fought tooth an nail to chnge the anthem specially d Left.
the real reason - It (Anandamath)wasn't necessarily the best of Bankim Chandra's works, though still great in its own right. Yet because of its astonishing political consequences, with no other of his works is Bankim so closely identified. The Anandamath story is set in 18th century India, when a group of warrior sannyasis mounted a guerilla war against Muslim rule (based on a true historical attempt by sannyasis to do precisely this). It was a riveting story line with amazing characters and meaningful dialogues. Yet more importantly, hundreds of thousands of Indians (primarily Hindus) took the story as a metaphor for their own present day situation, understanding it as a call to arms to drive the new tyrants (the British) away from the sacred soil. Indeed, the main revolutionary group in Bengal chose its name as that of the sannyasin group from Anandamath. The most important and widely known section of this book was the poem "Vande Mataram" which means "Hail to the Mother (land)". The song became the battle cry for India's freedom struggle. It was set to become India's National Anthem, but was rejected because a section of Muslims considered the song as idolatrous due to its metaphor comparing India to the tiger-borne Goddess Durga "with instruments of punishment in each of her ten hands". To placate the Muslims (and Jawahalal Nehru) the constituent assembly rejected it as the National Anthem. Incidentally, Rabindranath Tagore, the great poet whose "Jana Gana" eventually became India's National Anthem had stated on several occasions that he desired very much that Bankim Chandra's "Vande Mataram" should become the National Anthem of free India. For example, in 1928, he said in an interview with Mulk Raj Ananda "I share his ideas of inheriting the past - if made relevant for the present! Bankim Chandra is our master in this respect. In our school here, students sing "Bande Mataram" every morning.....I hope it becomes the national anthem of free India!"
i believe whatz written in wikipedia.... rabindranath tagore was a GREAT PATRIOT!!!....he wouldent write a poem praising the brits!! use ur head!!!