How much do we know about our nation? Even if we don't know about history.. do we know about our own country in the present?
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Well somehow I think that I don't, here is a simple example, which was talked about in class today by Prof. Nishit Kumar.
India is a secular and democratic country right? Okay, lets talk about our National Anthem.. its "Jan Gan Man" the second sentence of the anthem is "Adhinayak Jaya hai" which means praise to the ruler. I myself did not know this till today. The reason for this is that, when Rabindranath Tagore wrote this song, India was ruled by the British and any songs which were written to oppose the British raj were banned. Thus, it could not be sung and therefore it was essential to written in such a way.
A little search by me brought me to this website http://www.sikhsangat.com/index.php?/topic/38358-did-you-know-meaning-of-indian-national-anthem/ where the meaning of our national anthem has been thoroughly given. I urge you to have a look at it.
The idea of this post is not to say that I no longer respect our nation or our national anthem. And in no way do I want to encourage you to do so. Rather it is a shameful situation for us as citizens of India to not know this.
Good work
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