BANKIM CHATTERJEE

 


WHENEVER I COME ACROSS IN PRINT MEDIA,THE LYRICS OF OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM.........................................JAN GAN MAN  BY TAGORE FEEL RATHER IRRELEVENCY  OF THE PROVIDED LYRICS AS OF NOW.


WELL,IT'S UNWISE EVEN TO THINK ABOUT FINDING A FAULT IN OUR ANTHEM BUT MOST OF THE TIMES CERTAIN QUESTIONS IN MIND ARISES.

HAS WE,HAVE NOT UNDERMINED,UNDERVALUED AND UNDER RESPECT OUR OTHER PATRIOTIC SONG BY BANKIM NATH CHATTERJEE..........VANDE MAATRUM

IT'S ON RECORD THAT THIS SONG WAS VERY MUCH THERE BEFORE TAGORE RENDERED OR COMPILED JAN GAN MAN DURING THE VISIT OF KING GEORGE V.

VANDE MAATRUM WAS THE HEART AND SOUL OF ALL OF THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS.AND EVEN MOST OF ALL MEETINGS OF CONGRESS USED TO START WITH IT


TAGORE,WHAT EVER HIS REPUTATION IS,WAS ALWAYS IN TOUCH WITH THE BRITISH EMPIRE.HE COULD BE A PATRIOTIC POET BUT PUTTING HIM AT PAR WITH M.K.GANDHI SEEMS UNWARRANTED FOR.NEVER FOUND ANY ARTICLE WHICH DESCRIBE HIM TAKING PAINS ON HIMSELF.

HE RETURNED THE NIGHT-HOOD ,GIVEN BY,AGAIN THE SAME KING GEORGE V .BUT WHAT ELSE HE DID ?AFTER  J A L I A W A L A    B A A G H     M A S S A S C R E   I N  1919  MORE WAS EXPECTED FROM HIM BECAUSE HE WAS THE POET ENTIRE NATION LOOKED UP TO !

VANDE MAATRAM WAS NOT CHOOSE AS THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AND JAN GAN MAN WAS CHOSEN ONLY SHOW THAT TAGORE WAS AT PAR WITH GANDHI.

DOES JAN GAN MAN DO NOT HAVE  CONTROVERSY ?

IT INCLUDES ONLY THE THEN BRITISH CONTROLLED STATES.THE JEWEL OF OUR INDIAN STATES.......KASHMIR   IS NO WHERE ! WHAT ONE WILL SAY ABOUT THIS ?

WHAT DOES THE WORDS BHARAT BHAGYA VIDAHATA SUGGESTS DURING THE VISIT OF THE KING OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE ?

THERE CAN BE THOUSAND THEORIES ON THE ABOVE,AND ONE CANNOT DENY THIS IF EVEN ONE DOES'NT HAVE STOMACH TO ACCEPT !

IT COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER THAT INSTEAD OF JAN GAN , THE PATRIOTIC MESSAGE WRITTEN BY BANKIM  CHATTERJEE WAS GIVEN PREFERENCE.

IN FACT,PROVIDING VANDE MAATRAM ,2ND CHOICE AS RASTRA GEET  ITSELF IS LIKE AN INSULT TO THE POET AS PER MANY CRITICS CENTIMENTS.

AND,IN TODAY'S OBSERVANCE !

WHERE DOES SINDH EXISTS AND THOSE WHICH EXIST DO NOT  FIND THEMSELVES THERE. NOTABLE ABSENTEE...............THE    STATE    OF      R A J A S T H A N

IT'S IRONY !

AND IF ANY ONE SAYS ANYTHING AGAINST IT  IN ANY FORM MAY FIND SECTION 66A SLAPPED ON HIM !

LETS GOODWILL PREVAIL AND ALSO CORRECTION ,WHEREVER NEEDED,IS DONE WHENEVER ANY CENTRAL GOVT. IS WILLING TO.