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	Vande Mataram - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Vande Mataram (in Bangla: বন্দে মাতরম Bônde Matorom) is the national song of India.
		Poet Sarala Devi Chaudurani sang 'Vande Mataram' in the Benares Congress Session in 1905.
		While Vande Mataram was treated as the national anthem of India for long, ultimately Jana Gana Mana, was chosen as the national anthem of independent India.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vande_Mataram (1004 words)

	History of VANDE MATARAM
		Acharya J.B. Kripalani's 'Foreword' to "Vande Mataram" by Sadhu Prof.V.Rangarajan
		Vande Mataram, the sacred mantra of patriotism, of which Rishi Bankim Chandra is the seer, brought under its spell many young men and women whom it converted into prophets of nationalism and fierce patriots who offered everything at the altar of the Mother.
		Bande Mataram has stirred the hearts of the people to their depths." It is a song enshrined in the hearts of millions and millions of Indians and sanctified by the sacrifice of countless martyrs who were inspired by the song to offer their lives at the altar of the Motherland.
	www.indiacause.com /columns/OL_120102.htm (2290 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Flag of India
		It was a red square-shaped flag with a yellow inset; it depicted a "Vajra Chinha" (thunderbolt) with a white lotus alongside it in the centre.
		The words Vande Mataram were inscribed in the centre in the Devanagari script.
		The words Vande Mataram, in the Devanagari script, were inscribed on the central band.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Flag-of-India (8902 words)

	Why We Must Sing Vande Mataram « Life is a street car named Desire
		Vande Mataram was composed six years prior to the publication of Ananda Matha and used only as a war cry in the novel.
		Vande Mataram may not be sung in temples but it does have overtly religious references (You are Durga, You are Lakshmi-though often these last verses aren’t sung).
		Vande Mataram was composed specifically as a spirited call for Hindu militants to rise against Muslim repression in Bengal.
	retributions.wordpress.com /2006/06/16/why-we-must-sing-vande-mataram (15545 words)

	The history and politics of Vande Mataram, The Milli Gazette, Vol.5 No.09, MG103 (1-15 May 04)
		Vande Mataram was dogged by one controversy or another from the day it was first printed in Banga Darshan (edited by Bankimchandra Chatterjee) in 1875.
		Vande Mataram glorified idol worship, they argued, as it referred to only Hindu deities (it must be shocking for the present-day Hindutva brigade that the song does not even once refer to Ram), and that it expressed only a regional aspiration (it is partly in Bengali and allegorically talks of “Bengal” as India).
		Another objection raised by Muslims and secular Indians said that Vande Mataram was part of the novel Anandmath, which glorified the annihilation of Muslims and not the British rule in India.
	www.milligazette.com /Archives/2004/01-15May04-Print-Edition/0105200475.htm (2271 words)

	The Acorn » In defence of the right not to sing Vande Mataram
		It is undoubtable that the fatwa against the singing of Vande Mataram (via DesiPundit) by Muslim clerics in Hyderabad is motivated by, and is a manifestation of, the phenomenon of competitive intolerance that has found purchase in contemporary India.
		Vande Matram in itself is a trivial issue for a passing of a religious edict (as it does no harm, not even emotional) but on the other hand it is vital for the secular feel of the country.
		Singing Vande Mataram for me and am sure for most of us is not free choice, it was the only choice, it was a choice imposed upon us and we happily accepted because we never bothered to check what it meant.
	acorn.nationalinterest.in /?p=1972 (7761 words)

	'Muslims ignorant about meaning of Vande Mataram' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The resistance to singing of Vande Mataram by Muslims was merely because of their ignorance about the meaning of the national song, a leader of the minority cell of the Congress said on Friday.
		He, however, said the singing of Vande Mataram should be voluntary and not compulsory.
		It seems Imran Kidwai's knowledge of Vande Mataram is limited to his selfish political cause.The song'Vande Mataram' occurs in Bankimchandra's novel Anand Math published in...
	ia.rediff.com /news/2006/sep/01vande1.htm?q=tp&file=.htm (514 words)

	Vande Mataram: Naqvi in line of fire : bjp, vande mataram, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, muslims, fatwa : IBNLive.com : CNN-IBN
		Naqvi had condemned the refusal by some Muslim clerics to abide by the directive on compulsory singing of Vande Mataram in schools on September 7.
		Public opinion among the Muslim clergy is in favour of not singing the Vande Mataram.
		I will never sing Vande Matram because it is against religious sentiments of one particular section of Indians.It is not...
	www.ibnlive.com /news/naqvi-issued-fatwa-for-vande-mataram/20453-3.html (488 words)

	How secular is Vande Mataram?
		The use of the song 'Vande Mataram' in the novel is not adventitious, and it is not only communal-minded Muslims who resent it because of its context and content.
		'Vande Mataram' is obviously and indisputably the premier national song of India, with a great historical tradition, and intimately connected with our struggle for freedom.
		It seemed therefore that while 'Vande Mataram' should continue to be the national song par excellence in India, the national anthem tune should be that of 'Jana Gana Mana', the wording of 'Jana Gana Mana' to be suitably altered to fit in with the existing circumstances.
	www.frontlineonnet.com /fl1601/16010940.htm (2431 words)

	Sectarian opposition to Vande mataram!
		They accuse the Vande mataram of being a religious song, a song which supports sectarianism, and a song which is an expression of Hindu nationalism and not Indian nationalism.
		Vande mataram simply is an expression of gratitude by a broad minded thinker towards his Motherland which has sustained the lives of countless people throughout history.
		Vande mataram is the same song which was on the lips of our great freedom fighters while they accepted martyrdom.
	www.indiacause.com /columns/OL_050220.htm (721 words)

	What does Vande Mataram mean to you? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		This time it is about his ministry's directive to all the states to recite Vande Mataram in educational institutions on September 7, the centenary of the national song.
		vande mataram,who all cannot sing this are bad patch to india whether it is bhukhari.these idiot must know that these song are apart from religious...
		Dear All, Vande Mataram is a salutation of our mother or mother india as everyone knows and is being Raped Left Right and Center by...
	www.rediff.com /news/2006/aug/24vande-msg.htm?zcc=rl (308 words)

	[Assam] A fatwa against Vande Mataram?
		So when one says ''vande mataram!'' and asserts the spirit and tradition of Bharat, he or she does what patriotism — the essence of any independent nation — requires it to be.
		What is more unbelievable, and it is not for the first time that vande mataram finds itself mired in controversy, is that even progressive Muslims find it hard to come to terms with the spirit of the song.
		The invoking of the spirit of vande mataram is equivalent to invoking the divine in one's own motherland.
	www.mail-archive.com /assam@assamnet.org/msg06091.html (496 words)

	Vande Mataram
		It is set to a tune in a style that resembles Pop music, and occurs as a background score during Gandhiji’s famous long march in south Africa in the first decade of this century, where it appears a little anachronistic.
		Guru Kelucharan Mahapatra staged a ballet based on Vande Mataram during the Elephanta festival, and the song was sung by Ustad Rashid Khan.
		Vande Mataram is one such song, which describes the motherland.
	www.mustrad.org.uk /articles/mataram.htm (5495 words)

	SAGAR KHARE'S HOMEPAGE: VANDE MATARAM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The song 'Vande Mataram' by Bankimchandra Chattopadhyaya was a central trope and battle-cry in this bloody struggle.
		'Vande Mataram' is an attempt to present this Indian nationalisitc narrative, to not only remind us of this often-glossed-over violent aspect of India's independence movement, but also to make immediate the unimaginable sacrifices these revolutionaries and their families made for our azadi, our swaraj (independence).
		'Vande Mataram' was first written, performed and directed by (Late) Shri Vasant Potdar in 1965, on encouragement from (Late) Shri Pu.
	www.unc.edu /~khare/vande.html (387 words)

	Intelligence: Mullahs, knickerwallahs and Vande Mataram
		Tragically, Vande Mataram is being victimised mostly because of the controversy that surrounded it during the communally charged 1930s and 1940s.
		Vande Mataram painted a beautiful portrait of an exotic rural landscape, with the sun shining on lush green fields, the moonlight glistening on gently rippling rivers and flowers dancing on trees.
		Hindu communalists have pitted Vande Mataram against the Muslims as if the only test of patriotism is to sing this song.
	www.ladlass.com /intel/archives/010988.html (983 words)

	Indian National Song Vande Mataram needs revision (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The song 'Vande Mataram' is addressed to our country India and the wordings only depict the qualities of our land India where we live in.
		All Indians through Vande Mataram pay respect to their country India, own land, by glorifying its qualities treating it like a mother, being the cause of the birth of the child.
		of India to revise the Vande Mataram to remove the doubts or religious feelings of other communities particularly the part of the comparison in the song with the Hindu Demi Gods or Goddesses raise doubts in the minds of the people, hence its revision is a must to keep national integration of the country.
	internationalreporter.com /news/read.php?id=2165 (465 words)

	BJP committee for Urdu translation of Vande Mataram (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		He announced that the BJP would organise functions from ward to the national level for the singing of Vande Mataram on September 7, to mark 100 years of the song.
		''Vande Mataram is not a prayer and waxes eloquence on the motherland,'' Mr Usmani observed.
		''Then, how can Vande Mataram be termed as worship.'' Mr Usmani called upon the ulemas to take to streets against terrorist strikes in Mumbai, Akshardham and Ayodhya at a time when the extremists were defaming Islam, rather than opposing the singing of Vande Mataram.
	news.oneindia.in /2006/08/30/bjp-committee-for-urdu-translation-of-vande-mataram-1156948623.html (284 words)

	Lessons of Vande Mataram : HindustanTimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The most obvious consequence of the Vande Mataram controversy is that a whole new generation now realises that there is more to the song than a version by AR Rahman and a video by Bharat Bala.
		Responding to a letter forwarded by the culture ministry asking for celebrations to mark the centenary of Vande Mataram, the HRD ministry ordered that it should be sung in all schools on 7 September.
		The Vande Mataram controversy is yet another instance of this crowd-pleasing foolishness.
	www.hindustantimes.com /news/181_1784691,00300001.htm (1564 words)

	Mike Ghouse's Blog : Vande Mataram or Co-existens?, Mike Ghouse blogs on sulekha, Current Affairs blogs, Mike Ghouse ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		So, please let Vande Mataram remain as a part of the patriotic collection of Songs that we play on the independence day celebrations, for 4 years in a row, I played Vande Mataram on my daily Radio special during the independence week here in Dallas.
		As an individual I have no problem singing Vande Mataram and it was a song I played every year on the Radio in my independence show from Aug 1 thru 15th for many years.
		A majority of Muslims do not have a problem with Vande Mataram, much of the resistance comes from a select few for it is pushed on them and a school in AP wanted to make it compulsory.
	www.sulekha.com /blogs/blogdisplay.aspx?cid=58417 (3704 words)

	Muslim youth ends fast against decree on 'Vande Mataram'
		A Muslim youth ended his eight-day fast to protest a 'fatwa' (religious ruling) against the singing of India's national song Vande Mataram in schools.
		The Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) had issued a directive to states for recitation of Vande Mataram during a celebration on Sep 7 to mark the national song's centenary.
		He said, "Vande Mataram was not against Islam and by opposing its singing in schools the Maulana had committed an anti-national act."
	news.webindia123.com /news/Articles/India/20060822/428328.html (166 words)

	UP Muslims to oppose Vande Mataram in schools : HindustanTimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		A section of Muslims in Uttar Pradesh are in no mood to abide by a government directive that 'Vande Mataram' be recited in all educational institutions on September 7, claiming that the national song is 'anti-Islamic'.
		Asked why he considered recitation of 'Vande Mataram' as 'anti-Islamic', Rasheed, also a member of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board, said, "Well, the song tends to equate the nation to god and Islam does not permit this.
		He went on to clarify, "Our opposition to 'Vande Mataram' must not be construed as any kind of disrespect to another religion.
	www.hindustantimes.com /news/181_1772593,000900010004.htm (471 words)

	TUJL - Vande Mataram
		It was therefore expected, that unless the technical objection was a mere facade, the Constituent Assembly would adopt Vande Mataram as the national anthem.
		After Vande Matram was sung on August 29, 1947, Gandhi ji said, "Vande Matram should be set to music so that millions can sing it together, and feel the thrill.
		view of this background, the possibility of the members of the Constituent Assembly, inspired by sentiments of patriotism, adopting Vande Mataram as the national anthem was indeed strong.
	www.fortunecity.com /rivendell/ultima/419/vande_mataram.htm (1222 words)

	Kalpana Writers - Om Praksh Deepak (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		`Vande Matram', on the other hand, is part of one of the few bright spots in India's history in the last one thousand years and more.
		To millions of people, the 'Vande Mataram' was symbolic of their desire to be free, as individuals and as Indians.
		To me and to all those Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs and others, who were associated in any way with the freedom movement, the song represents the urge of the people of India to be free, the urge that prompted them to suffer jail, injury, and death with the cry of Vande Mataram on their lips.
	www.kalpana.it /eng/writer/om/vandemataram.htm (838 words)

	Vande Mataram compulsory in Jharkhand
		Jharkhand government will make the singing of Vande Mataram mandatory in all educational institutions of the state on September 7, Chief Minister Arjun Munda said on Thursday.
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		what is this congress doing, why it is nmaking vande mataram not compulsory, we talk of mother land, and the song is a splended description...
	www.rediff.com /news/2006/aug/31vande1.htm (320 words)

	Fatwa against singing Vande Mataram- The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		HYDERABAD: With the new academic year set to start next week and the admission process at its peak, several city--based muftis issued a fatwa on Tuesday asking Muslims not to admit their children in schools where Vande Mataram is sung every morning.
		âVande Mataram was written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee.
		School authorities should not force Muslim children to either recite Vande Mataram or any other rendition which is prohibited in Islam, Mastan Ali added.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/1629373.cms (307 words)

	Vande Mataram compulsory in K'taka
		The Janata Dal (Secular)-Bharatiya Janata Party government in Karnataka has made singing of Vande Mataram compulsory on September seven in all educational institutions to mark the centenary celebrations of the national song.
		Minister for Primary and Secondary Education Basavaraj Horatti told reporters on Thursday that a circular had been issued for mandatory singing of the song in all schools and colleges.
		Horatti said Vande Mataram is a national song and no caste or communal colour should be given to it.
	in.rediff.com /news/2006/sep/01vande.htm?zcc=rl (233 words)

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