Its journey from Bengal to independent India reveals a fascinating history.

This time, the Independence Day celebrations at Red Fort are different. Jana Gana Mana is not the only song sung; Vande Mataram also featured. We talk about the national song and more in our weekly wr ...

Concerns over the religious imagery in some verses of Vande Mataram, the Congress's decision to officially use only its first ...

If the six stanzas of Vande Mataram deserve recovery because a part of India’s nationalist inheritance was forgotten, Tagore’s neglected stanzas in Jana Gana Mana also deserve recovery because they pr ...

For turning a familiar national song into a live debate over patriotism, protocol, law, federalism and secular identity, Vande Mataram has sparked a political row.