Its merely a bhajan to me.... why it should take on such a grand proportion is baffling.The freedom fighters sang many other songs too, with equal warth & gusto...Sarfaroshi ki tamanna... etc , so why pick on this? I do not agree with the words it uses.. I bow to no one except God. I am fiercely patriotic and will willingly die for my country's safety,as my forefathers did in the past, but my patriotism cannot be gauged by singing a song or not... why dont they incorporate a naat or Hymn? why bhajan? Why not replace its importance by a more secular and more easily understood 'Saare Jahan se achha?'.. Cant the bigots sing a song composed by a muslim? Then why should they expect Christians & Muslims sing a Hindu bhajan?
