The 150-Year Echo: Why India’s Vande Mataram Song Remains a Political Flashpoint
India’s national song, Vande Mataram, is once again at the center of a blistering political confrontation, nearly 150 years after its composition. As the nation prepares for a year-long commemoration of the iconic anthem, the ruling dispensation has sharply revived a decades-old controversy regarding the song’s original versus truncated form, setting the stage for a…