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Vande Mataram’s 150-year journey: Why the forgotten national song is a debate India needed

The parliamentary debate marking the 150th anniversary of ‘Vande Mataram’ has revived an 88-year-old controversy, casting the Congress into a quandary (as the BJP doubtless intended). The grand old ...
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Vande Mataram debate and a forgotten pride: Congress links it to Bengal polls — but can BJP benefit?

The debate marking 150 years of Vande Mataram in Parliament saw a heated slugfest between the ruling BJP and the opposition Congress. While Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated that, unfortunately, on ...