Opinion

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 ...
The Hindu

150 years of national song ‘Vande Mataram’ to be celebrated across India: Union Cabinet

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday (October 1, 2025) decided to celebrate 150 years of the national song, 'Vande Mataram', across India. The Constituent Assembly had accorded 'Vande Mataram', composed by ...
The Hindu

Vande Mataram turns 150: How musicians have kept the national song alive

Apart from the National Anthem, one song that echoes through our childhood and is sung in school assemblies is Vande Mataram. As children, we may not grasp its depth, but each time it is sung or ...

Vande Mataram: How a 19th-century poem became India’s national song

Vande Mataram, penned by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in the 1870s, became a powerful anthem for India's freedom struggle. Adopted by the Indian National Congress, it inspired millions to defy British ...