another ruckus...
karan Thapar is a delight to watch..One of the best journalists in the field today, he can be ruthless as well as a thought provoker. yesterday I was watching CNBC when he had invited a BJP leader and a congress leader for discussion on their parties' stand on the vande Mataram ruckus that has invoked venomous feelings in a large junta whether this side or that side of the issue.And the way he hammered the politicians was a treat.here again we witness a non issue coming up to inflame the feelings of ppl n exacerbating the already painful conditions.if u were to see a public forum discussing this issue one of these days, there is nothing but hate,venom n loads of pigshit exchanged b/w Hindus and Muslims. Seems once again BJP has succeded in creating an atmosphere just short of riots and bloodshed, they never lose an opportunity u see.
But this issue was served to them on platter by the Congress only, to be precise HRD minister Arjun Singh...why doesnt someone kick him out to mars??? Damn it, he is such a pollutant, the martians wud attack earth n annihilate it if someone did tht.u bet, he gonna pass out due to mishandling by some underqualified doc..u watch it.
For the uninitiated, here is some background on the Vande Mataram song.It was written in 1870s by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee and was later included in his famous novel Anand Math, a story of Peasant and sadhu rebellion.It was in early 20th century tht it was started to be aligned with the freedom struggle. Specially during pre partition days of Bengal in 1905, it took sort of mass followiing, but no, neither in 1905 or 1906 was it adopted/used/considered by the congress.When it was being considered to be adopted as national song in 1937, Pt Nehru sought opinion of Gurudev Tagore who told Nehru that it cant be adopted as such coz after first 2 stanzas, it breaks into the praise of Goddess Durga..thus all the communities cant relate to it.So first 2 stanzas were taken as national song n rest dropped.WATEVER ITS HISTORY MIGHT HAVE BEEN, THIS YEAR BEING ITS CENTENARY YEAR IS AS GOOD A FACT AS IT BEING A LEAP YEAR.
BJP talks of symbolism.In fact they dwell so much into it tht they confuse it with patriotism.They wud rather have a loud Sunny Deol of Hero(love story of a spy)as an undercover agent who breaks into I m an Indian slogans everytime he killls a villain THAN a meek looking quite sleeping agent who spends most of his life in a foreign country jus to get tht one cue to execute an operation.I do believe in symbolism.Symbols arevery important to keep ppl of a nation state or a community together bcoz a large mass identifies themselves with them, thus getting a sense of belonging and getting a sense of togetherness and loyalty.take for example the national flag, which evokes feelings of pride n patriotism in ppl who identify with it no matter where they are.But lets not confuse it with actual patriotism bcoz dwelling too much in symbols takes u to the side of chauvinism and fundamentalism.patriotism is a verb for me. We r partiotic whn we do something for nation rather than jus feel abt it and fool ourselves n others.
This wasnt jus BJP bashing...like them, this govt also tried to cash in from history..BJP had tried to cash in popular hindu mythological sentiments by ordering the research on river Sarasvati and Dwarka. This govt tried to do jus the same by cashing in popular sentiments towards Vande Mataram.But this moron HRD minister goofed up here too and lo! it all backfired.
Vande Mataram is a song which evokes passion n feeling in ppl..be it AR REHMAN's version or Lata Mangeshkar's version of it..and it has been so much insulted by this controversy.On top of it, instead of uniting ppl, politicains have used it to produced bitterness among communities in an already troubled times.. Its high time tht we all buried this issue n move on for again this has proved to be an another version of Shakespearean comedy - Much ado about nothing(though with very seriously undesirable and dangerous ramifications). VANDE MATARAM.
But this issue was served to them on platter by the Congress only, to be precise HRD minister Arjun Singh...why doesnt someone kick him out to mars??? Damn it, he is such a pollutant, the martians wud attack earth n annihilate it if someone did tht.u bet, he gonna pass out due to mishandling by some underqualified doc..u watch it.
For the uninitiated, here is some background on the Vande Mataram song.It was written in 1870s by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee and was later included in his famous novel Anand Math, a story of Peasant and sadhu rebellion.It was in early 20th century tht it was started to be aligned with the freedom struggle. Specially during pre partition days of Bengal in 1905, it took sort of mass followiing, but no, neither in 1905 or 1906 was it adopted/used/considered by the congress.When it was being considered to be adopted as national song in 1937, Pt Nehru sought opinion of Gurudev Tagore who told Nehru that it cant be adopted as such coz after first 2 stanzas, it breaks into the praise of Goddess Durga..thus all the communities cant relate to it.So first 2 stanzas were taken as national song n rest dropped.WATEVER ITS HISTORY MIGHT HAVE BEEN, THIS YEAR BEING ITS CENTENARY YEAR IS AS GOOD A FACT AS IT BEING A LEAP YEAR.
BJP talks of symbolism.In fact they dwell so much into it tht they confuse it with patriotism.They wud rather have a loud Sunny Deol of Hero(love story of a spy)as an undercover agent who breaks into I m an Indian slogans everytime he killls a villain THAN a meek looking quite sleeping agent who spends most of his life in a foreign country jus to get tht one cue to execute an operation.I do believe in symbolism.Symbols arevery important to keep ppl of a nation state or a community together bcoz a large mass identifies themselves with them, thus getting a sense of belonging and getting a sense of togetherness and loyalty.take for example the national flag, which evokes feelings of pride n patriotism in ppl who identify with it no matter where they are.But lets not confuse it with actual patriotism bcoz dwelling too much in symbols takes u to the side of chauvinism and fundamentalism.patriotism is a verb for me. We r partiotic whn we do something for nation rather than jus feel abt it and fool ourselves n others.
This wasnt jus BJP bashing...like them, this govt also tried to cash in from history..BJP had tried to cash in popular hindu mythological sentiments by ordering the research on river Sarasvati and Dwarka. This govt tried to do jus the same by cashing in popular sentiments towards Vande Mataram.But this moron HRD minister goofed up here too and lo! it all backfired.
Vande Mataram is a song which evokes passion n feeling in ppl..be it AR REHMAN's version or Lata Mangeshkar's version of it..and it has been so much insulted by this controversy.On top of it, instead of uniting ppl, politicains have used it to produced bitterness among communities in an already troubled times.. Its high time tht we all buried this issue n move on for again this has proved to be an another version of Shakespearean comedy - Much ado about nothing(though with very seriously undesirable and dangerous ramifications). VANDE MATARAM.
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