This appeasement bugbear has been raised by the Indian right wing a number of times. More often than not, it has labeled even outreach programs as appeasement. It shows their antipathy towards the non-Hindus who live in India. Today BJP appeases several castes and performs some superficial gestures towards Muslims (Modi ki saugat). All for winning elections. It would be nice if Mr. Chari had a few things to say about it.
When one thinks about Vande Mataram, what comes to mind is our nation, not some religious symbol. It was approprite therefore to remove the stanzas that depict Hindu dieties given the context where they were invoked to fight Muslims thus portraying Muslims as an enemy. One can imagine that this would lead to inate resentment in both parties.
The Congress at that time did the right thing as it did this time. A national song or a national anthem should bring people together, irrespective of their background.
More importantly , what boggles the mind is that our law makers wasted 10+ hours of their valuable time discussing the national song as if it was a crisis, which it was not. There are so many pressing matters of the state. It lends credence to the theory that this was done for the upcoming West Bengal elections. Hope this is not true. If it is then BJP needs to find its moral compass and not wate the parliaments time promoting its ideology to win elections. Its positive actions to better our living conditions should speak for themselves. Right now they dont.
Mr Chari has himself asserted that the latter part of Vande Mataram equates the nation with goddess Durga or Lakshmi and invokes their worship. It is difficult to see how Indians who are non Hindus like muslims, Jains or Christians would feel comfortable with such verses. The practical solution to such an issue was to retain the first half as the National song.
This part refers only to the motherland ” mataram ” and pays homage to it via ” Vande “.
This should be explained to all minorities who seem to still have unfounded objections to this version . No need to have debates and waste our MP ‘s time on this.
This appeasement bugbear has been raised by the Indian right wing a number of times. More often than not, it has labeled even outreach programs as appeasement. It shows their antipathy towards the non-Hindus who live in India. Today BJP appeases several castes and performs some superficial gestures towards Muslims (Modi ki saugat). All for winning elections. It would be nice if Mr. Chari had a few things to say about it.
When one thinks about Vande Mataram, what comes to mind is our nation, not some religious symbol. It was approprite therefore to remove the stanzas that depict Hindu dieties given the context where they were invoked to fight Muslims thus portraying Muslims as an enemy. One can imagine that this would lead to inate resentment in both parties.
The Congress at that time did the right thing as it did this time. A national song or a national anthem should bring people together, irrespective of their background.
More importantly , what boggles the mind is that our law makers wasted 10+ hours of their valuable time discussing the national song as if it was a crisis, which it was not. There are so many pressing matters of the state. It lends credence to the theory that this was done for the upcoming West Bengal elections. Hope this is not true. If it is then BJP needs to find its moral compass and not wate the parliaments time promoting its ideology to win elections. Its positive actions to better our living conditions should speak for themselves. Right now they dont.
Mr Chari has himself asserted that the latter part of Vande Mataram equates the nation with goddess Durga or Lakshmi and invokes their worship. It is difficult to see how Indians who are non Hindus like muslims, Jains or Christians would feel comfortable with such verses. The practical solution to such an issue was to retain the first half as the National song.
This part refers only to the motherland ” mataram ” and pays homage to it via ” Vande “.
This should be explained to all minorities who seem to still have unfounded objections to this version . No need to have debates and waste our MP ‘s time on this.