Jana Gana Mana can be interpreted in two ways - as a poem addressed to God, as a poem of gratitude addressed to the then King. If history is to be believed, in his own words, Rabindranath Tagore clearly said his (this) composition was addressed (in his mind) to the Almighty who was the Guiding Force of the minds of all Indians and certainly not to the King, however it could still be interpreted as being addressed to the King, which is exactly what happened with the then loyalist Congress Party. It appeased the British who considered it as praise for the King. In fact the meaning of the word Vidhata is Lord of Creation, Lord of Destiny, Brahma in Sanskrit. It is not a word that is used as a reference to a mortal in the Sanskrit language. What is therefore important to note here is that Tagore's poem is addressed to the Almighty, who is rule of the destiny of the peoples of India, the Creator and not to some King or emperor as is mistakenly believed - the controversy shows how one with little or no knowledge of the language can miscontrue meanings and take them out of context to construe an incorrect interpretation.
If Muslims living off India and living off the hospitality of Hindus ( because when undivided India was divided on communal lines, then the Muslims who stayed back are no doubt our honoured guests and maybe equal citizens, but not special angels to be pampered) do not want to salute India through Vande Mataram, then they can close their eyes while singing the salutation song and imagine Pakistan. There is not a single reference in the song to India and Muslims must also sing it. But if they want to clutter their mind with dirty thoughts, we have no control over their minds (they themselves do not have control). Arjun Singh has already climbed down by saying that only those who want can sing. He does not deserve to be HR minister.
1. Indian Muslims LOVE, encourage and are eager to sing Patriotic songs for our India. They love their country and have no problems with singing and praising our country India.
2. Indian Muslims dont sing this particular song vande mataram because it contains objectionable statements which if read will put them outside the fold of Islam.
3. Indian Muslims have NO problem I repeat NO problem with anyone singing or reciting this. Nor they are stopping anyone to do so. In fact they will join others to sing any other patriotic songs for India.
With these three above points..I wonder..why would anyone have a problems with us? Only those who have an axe to grind Islam will keep creating hate and lies against Indian Muslims. They are infact having difficulty digesting the fact that Muslims are a part of India.
So I would request everyone to stop insulting, name-calling and hating Indian Muslims.
firstly this is our national song. this is the slogan which makes every indian proud to sing .
i do n't think the singing of this should be forced on any body ( we r democratic !!). i heard a report that a community ( not all) does n't want to sing this ,as it is praising other then their god(!!!).
i think the religion is the way of life and your country should be above all. And as many of u are saying , yes if ur an indian and feel this in your heart n soul then u should sing with pride n fervor .
Jun-gun-mun was written by Tagore (originally Thakur) to praise George-5.
You desis do not even have your national anthem lined up correctly.
The only reason Tagore is being defended and Vande Mataram being not opposed by folks like Dasgupta is because Tagore was a Bong and Vende Matrum was written by a Bong.
Or else, Dasgupta would have opposed Vende Matrum.
RE:Vende Matrum and Jun-Gun-Mun
by andy on Aug 29, 2006 04:39 PM Permalink
This is a a message board for Indians only! I am sure u have got the message.
I believe the whole thing is being made into an issue bcoz of the politicized version of the story. BJP has somehow tried to maintain that this song belongs to them, and I am sure that is the root cause of the problem. While I pity Arjun Singh for his double stands (not only in this matter), we as members of the 'resurgent India' should be wise enough not to go into riots on this - for God's sake.
'Jana Gana Mana' is our national anthem and we really are not in need of another.
Hitherto there was no compulsion. Let there be none in future too. Leave it to the freedom of the person if he/she wants to sing or not.
Patriotism should be exhibited in our love to our countrymen and our country. Mere speech or songs do not mean anything unless your love for the country is natural and deep
