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TopicVande Mataram

Topic: Vande Mataram

Muslim objections to Vande Mataram are about faith, not rejection of India

Ibn Khaldun Bharati’s core claim—that Muslim resistance to ‘Vande Mataram’ reflects an unwillingness to merge into an “organic whole” with Hindus—ignores both historical context and religious concerns.

Vande Mataram did not get dignity it deserved in Parliament. Discussion turned into debate

From coastal Andhra Pradesh to Jallianwala Bagh in Punjab, from bonfires in UP to midnight pledges in Chennai and Lahore, Vande Mataram was a war cry to galvanise people toward azaadi.

Congress wasted a chance to turn the tables on BJP over Vande Mataram. It chose appeasement

Seven decades after Independence, the “Hindu Congress” is accusing the BJP on the same lines as the Muslim League had done.

Vande Mataram was anti-British. Here’s how it became ‘anti-Muslim’

'Mataram' for Mother India has a beautiful term in Urdu — Madar-e-Watan, or the motherland. No Muslim ever found this concept contrary to Islam.

2+2 = Vande Mataram, and how to insult Nehru, volumes 1, 2, 3…

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

‘So much hate for Nehru that you’d embrace Jinnah?’—Jairam attacks BJP amid Vande Mataram debate in RS

Speaking in Rajya Sabha, the Congress leader calls the Vande Mataram debate part of a project to defame Nehru. Vande Mataram is sung at every Congress session, he says.

Shah doubles down— ‘Congress’s truncation of Vande Mataram, appeasement politics led to Partition’

In Rajya Sabha, home minister rejects charge that govt came up with idea of holding debate on Vande Mataram with WB polls in mind. ‘Vande Mataram is not limited to Bengal, country.’

TMC tears into Modi’s Vande Mataram speech. ‘Bankim da’ is ‘disrespectful & culturally insensitive’

The Modi government held a House discussion on ‘Vande Mataram’ to reap some dividends for the BJP before the 2026 Bengal polls, say TMC leaders.

With WB poll in mind, BJP committing ‘sin’ of turning Vande Mataram into subject of dispute—Priyanka

In her speech in Lok Sabha, Priyanka Gandhi accused PM Modi of cherry-picking facts to suit his narrative. ‘It is an open assault on constituent assembly and Constitution.'

‘PM trying to write BJP into Vande Mataram, freedom movement history’—Congress’ blistering attack in LS

Rejecting PM's allegation that Congress capitulated to Muslim League on Vande Mataram, Oppn says BJP's political ancestors were absent from the freedom struggle where the song was chanted.

On Camera

Who grounded IndiGo flights? They are the culprits, not DGCA

The IndiGo crisis is nothing short of a threat to India’s stability. Could it be an experiment? Can this happen in any other crucial sector like power or railways?

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.