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| Thanks telugu abbayi :)
I was surprised when people said he refused it :)
Posted by: Saleem At: 11, Aug 2003 6:06:19 PM IST
No Im tryin Raj...But in Vain, not even a single link provides that...But itz TRUE that Tagore refused Nobel Prize, guess he didnt take also...
Posted by: UK At: 11, Aug 2003 5:00:45 AM IST
Can you provide some links Uk? :)
Posted by: Saleem At: 11, Aug 2003 4:46:17 AM IST
I heard many a times that Rabindra Nath Tagore refused the NOBEL PRIZE...Raj, nuvvu ekkada choosi/vini vundaka povachu kani, idhi nijam...
Posted by: UK At: 11, Aug 2003 4:26:51 AM IST
sorry i am not taking aprt in this discussion but have a question...
tagore refused nobel prize? hmm never heard
Posted by: Saleem At: 8, Aug 2003 10:36:44 AM IST
Mr. Kommineni, Germany,you are also.
Posted by: Mr. M Kumar N At: 7, Aug 2003 10:19:25 PM IST
This is inspired by the chain mail I got few days back (who ever the author is forgive me for posting in this website without your permission. I feel i should bring this to the knowledge of few other friends)
Our National Anthem
Just a thought for the Indian National Anthem! How well do u know about it? I have always wondered who is the "adhinayak" and "bharat bhagya vidhata", whose praise we are singing. I thought may be God!Our current National Anthem "Jana Gana Mana" is sung throughout the country. Did you know the following
about our national anthem, i didn't.
To begin with, India's national anthem, Jana Gana Mana Adhinayaka, was written by Rabindranath Tagore in honor of King George V and the Queen of England when they visited India in 1919. To honor their
visit Pundit Motilal Nehru had the five stanzas included, which are in praise of the King and Queen.(And most of us think it is in the praise of our great motherland!!!) In the original Bengali
verses only those provinces that were under British rule, i.e. Punjab, Sindh, Gujarat,Maratha .. etc. were mentioned. None of the princely states were recognized which are integral parts of India now -
Kashmir,Rajasthan,Andhra, Mysore or Kerala. Neither the Indian ocean nor the Arabian Sea were included,since they were directly under Portuguese rule at that time. The Jana Gana Mana Adhinayaka implies that
King George V is the lord of the masses and Bharata Bhagya Vidhata is "the bestower of good fortune". Following is a translation of the five stanzas which
glorify the King:
1st stanza (Indian)People wake up remembering your good name and ask for your blessings and they sing
your glories.
2nd stanza Around your throne people of all
religions come and give their love and anxiously wait to hear your kind words.
3rd stanza Praise to the King for being the
charioteer, for leading the ancient travelers beyond misery.
4th stanza Drowned in the deep ignorance and
suffering, poverty stricken, unconscious country? waiting for the wink of your eye and your mother's (the Queen's) true protection.
5th stanza In your compassionate plans, the sleeping Bharat (India) will wake up. We bow down to your feet O' Queen, and glory to Rajeshwara (the King).
This whole poem does not indicate any love for the Motherland but depicts a bleak picture. When you sing Jana Gana Mana Adhinayaka, whom are you glorifying? Certainly not the Motherland. Is it
God? The poem does not indicate that.
It is time now to understand the original purpose and the implication of this, rather than blindly sing as has been done the past fifty years. Nehru chose
the present national anthem as opposed to Vande Mataram because he thought that it would be easier for the band to play. It was an absurd reason but Today for that matter bands have advanced and they
can very well play any music. So they can as well play Vande Mataram, which is a far better composition in praise of our dear Motherland
-India.Wake up, it's high time! Vande Mataram should be our National Anthem.
Forward and spread this truth to as many as people you can. Don't forget to do it......
Posted by: Mrs. sms g At: 7, Aug 2003 9:39:46 AM IST
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