While initiating the discussion on the 150th anniversary of Vande Mataram in Lok Sabha yesterday, PM Narendra Modi referred to the national song's composer and iconic Bengali writer Bankim Chandra Chatterjee as "Bankim da". However, after being corrected by Trinamool Congress MP Saugata Roy, PM Modi stated, "I will say Bankim Babu. Thank you, I respect your sentiments."
The ceremony was attended by Vice Chief of Army Staff Pushpendra Singh along with other senior officers from the South Block.
Written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in 1875, 'Vande Mataram' became the heartbeat of India’s freedom movement. A century and a half later, its spirit of devotion to the motherland still resonates across generations.
The present generation must be made aware of the great sons of Bengal, who sacrificed everything for the freedom of our motherland. Partha Chatterjee, said.
In the summer of 1940, the Viceroy offered self-governing dominion status for India within a year after the end of the Second World War. Gandhiji rejected it as too little too late and wanted an unequivocal declaration of India's independence after the War. This was followed by his Quit India movement which culminated the process that began in 1929. But in all these years, the hope of independence was kept alive by celebrating 26 January as Independence Day. It was only appropriate that the Indian Constitution was promulgated on 26 January 1950, as independence without the spirit of Republicanism along with solidarity, dignity and equality would have been incomplete.
There can be various points of disagreement with Rabindranath Tagores critical juxtaposition of Kalidasas Abhijyan Sakuntalam and William Shakespeares Tempest.
BJP leader and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan and the Congress party, too, expressed their thoughts via their respective official Twitter handles.
Students of Indian English literature have routinely regarded Bankim Chandra Chatterjee’s debut novel, Rajmohan’s Wife, to be the first fictional…
