Happy Independance Day..(advance wishes)

mytonse · #1 (**permalink**) 08-11-2008, 02:56 AM

Wishing you all

Happy Independance Day..(advance wishes)

A few rapt info from The INDIAN National Anthem

Ever wondered who is the " adhinayak" and "bharat bhagya vidhata",
whose praise we are singing? I thought might be Motherland India ! Our
current National Anthem " Jana Gana Mana" is sung throughout the
country.

Did you know the following about our national anthem, I didn't.

To begin with, India 's national anthem, Jana Gana Mana Adhinayaka,
was written by Rabindranath Tagore in honour of King George V and the
Queen of England when they visited India in 1919.

To honour their visit Pandit Motilal Nehru had the five stanzas
included , which are in praise of the King and Queen.(And most of us
thinkIt is in the praise of our great motherland!!!)

In the original Bengali verses only those provinces that were under British rule, i.e . Punjab, Sindh, Gujarat , Maratha etc.were
mentioned. None of the princely states were recognized which are integral parts of India now Kashmir, Rajasthan , Andhra, Mysore or Kerala.

Neither the Indian Ocean nor the Arabian Sea was included, since they
were directly under Portuguese rule at that time.

The Jana Gana Mana Adhinayaka implies that King George V is the lord of the masses and Bharata Bhagya Vidhata is "the bestower of good fortune".

Following is a translation of the five stanzas that glorify the King:

First stanza: (Indian) People wake up remembering your good name and
ask for your blessings and they sing your glories.

(Tava shubha name jaage tava shubha aashish maage, gaaye tava jaya gaatha)

Second stanza :Around your throne people of all religions come and
give their love and anxiously wait to hear your kind words.

Third stanza: Praise to the King for being the charioteer, for leading
the ancient travelers beyond misery.

Fourth stanza frowned in the deep ignorance and suffering,
poverty-stricken, unconscious country? Waiting for the wink of your
eye and your mother's (the Queen's) true protection.

Fifth stanza : In your compassionate plans, the sleeping Bharat (
India ) will wake up. We bow down to your feet O' Queen, and glory to
Rajeshwara the King). This whole poem does not indicate any love for the Motherland but depicts a bleak picture. When you sing Jana Gana Mana Adhinayaka, whom are you glorifying? Certainly not the Motherland.

Is it God? The poem does not indicate that.It is time now to
understand the original purpose and the implication of this, rather
than blindly sing as has been done the
past Sixty years.

Nehru chose the present national anthem as opposed to Vande Mataram because he thought that it would be easier for the band to play!!! It was an absurd reason but Today for that matter bands have advanced and they can very well play any music. So they can as well play Vande Mataram, which is a far better composition in praise of our Dear Motherland - India.

Wake up, it's high time! Shouldn't Vande Mataram be our National Anthem.

Come Join together to put Vande Mataram as our National Anthem.

BE PROUD TO BE INDIAN

Once Again Wishing all DTians Happy Independance Day likewise...

niceguy · #2 (**permalink**) 08-11-2008, 06:45 AM

happy independence day (in advance)