The controversy over Vande Mataram stems from its origin in Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay's novel Anandamath, with some Muslims objecting to it as promoting Hindu nationalism.
Kesavan resigned from the Congress on 23 February, saying that he has not even seen vestiges of the values that made him work for the party with dedication for over two decades.
With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
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