Bankim Chandra Chatterjee — the visionary mind behind “Vande Mataram.” His epic Anandamath, set during the Sanyasi Rebellion, ...

The song, which became the cry of our nation during the Independence movement, ‘Vande Mataram’, has now completed 150n years.

The BJP’s push to celebrate Vande Mataram’s 150th year reveals how history is rewritten to deepen communal fault lines and ...

The Congress’s very public move in 1937 to limit the ‘Vande Mataram’ version sung in the mainstream shows how nationalism was ...

On November 7, 1875, Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay composed Vande Mataram, inspired by Bengal's spirit of Durga Puja. This six ...

Indore (Madhya Pradesh): Celebrating 150 years of India’s national song Vande Mataram, noted historian Zafar Ansari from ...

India celebrates the 150th anniversary of Vande Mataram, the national song written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, which became ...

Apart from the National Anthem, one song that echoes through our childhood and is sung in school assemblies is Vande Mataram.

The poem, novel and song has had several political habitations. But circumstances had revised Gandhi and Nehru’s perspectives ...

Modi should fight on real issues — jobs, inequality, inflation, and foreign policy — not abuse Nehru or rewrite history, says ...

New Jersey has the highest concentration of South Asians in the country. Central Desi delivers a mix of local news, politics, ...