national anthem

What two gramophones tell us about Vande Mataram

August 30, 2026 4:16 pm

Between the monumental 1938 recording and the 1950 statement lies another, little-noticed gramophone record. The six  stanza became four, pressed on a 10-inch HMV record.

Row over insult to National Anthem escalates: BJP moves privilege motion against Himachal CM

August 26, 2026 10:11 pm

Jai Ram Thakur says BJP exploring legal action against CM; Sukhu demands Opp apology

English singer spends 6 months learning Urdu to sing Pakistan’s national anthem

August 21, 2026 6:16 pm

This was not Wright’s first experience singing an anthem in a language unfamiliar to her. In 2025, she performed India’s Jana Gana Mana in Bengali before each of the men’s Tests against England.

Yogendra Yadav writes: What will we sing of now, when we sing of patriotism

August 18, 2026 7:00 am

Today, a song for India needs more than just a creative genius. It needs nothing short of reimagining India. We live in times where voices from the margins cannot be wished away in weaving a new tapestry of the nation.

EXCLUSIVE | On govt table: Should disrespect to Vande Mataram attract penalties like national anthem?

January 26, 2026 12:14 pm

In a meeting recently convened by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), senior government officials also deliberated ways to formalise the singing/recitation of the national song along the lines of Jana Gana Mana.

What Nehru wrote on choice for National Anthem: Vande Mataram ‘difficult’ to understand, Jana Gana Mana ‘full of life’

December 11, 2025 11:06 am

Nehru was of the view that the tune of the National Anthem, as well as how foreign nations would perceive it, needed to be considered to make a choice.

The many lives of Vande Mataram: Nationalist icon, contested symbol

December 10, 2025 12:45 pm

Colonial bans to communal mobilisation transformed a literary creation into a national and ideological symbol

Why Nehru did not want Vande Mataram as national anthem: ‘Premier song … (but) mournful … difficult for foreigners to appreciate’

December 08, 2025 9:38 am

Parliament debate on Vande Mataram: Weeks after row over the national song, PM Modi to open debate in Lok Sabha; BJP says “reality of Nehru ji will be revealed”

From the Nehru archive: 'Vande Mataram not feasible as national anthem as its tune doesn't suit orchestral or band rendering'

November 24, 2025 12:13 pm

A letter to Syama Prasad Mookerjee on Vande Mataram vs Jana Gana Mana to an emotional speech on Kashmir – these are among thousands of pages and documents uploaded as part of 100-volume archive that is available online for free

Vande Mataram vs Jana Gana Mana: New front in TMC, BJP war before 2026 polls

November 10, 2025 11:17 am

As BJP accuses TMC of downplaying celebrations of 150 years of Vande Mataram, Mamata Banerjee-led party alleges BJP has “insulted” Bengal's icons Tagore and Bankim Chandra.

People Not Obligated To Stand Up When National Anthem Played In Movie Clarifies Supreme Court

June 22, 2020 7:10 pm

Kerala: Six Arrested For Not Standing During National Anthem

June 22, 2020 7:18 pm

Supreme court Makes Playing National Anthem At Theaters Mandatory

June 22, 2020 7:19 pm

National Anthem Will Be Played Before All Film Screenings In Cinema Halls

June 22, 2020 7:19 pm