<!--QuoteBegin-ramana+Oct 13 2006, 05:18 PM-->QUOTE(ramana @ Oct 13 2006, 05:18 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Op-ed in The Telegraph, 13 Oct., 2006
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- The history of a sectarian war cryÂ
Cutting corners - ASHOK MITRA
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Unfortunately, sections of the Hindu community debased its sanctity by using Vandemataram as a sectarian war cry from the late Twenties onwards to counter the Muslim orison of Allah-ho-Akbar during the communal riots in different parts of the country.
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This has made the writer's moorings amply clear.
1. vande matarm = sectarian war cry; while allah-o-akbar = orison (part of prayer)
2. While Hindus debased (he says) the sanctity of vande mataram, muslims were only uplifting allah-ho-akbar?
If sanctity of a national song depends upon the background of the song and its writer then, what abut Jana Gana Mana which was sung to welcome Emperor George V to India? 'Sare Jahan Se Achchha' is writen by Allama Iqbal who seeded the idea of partitioning India and creating Pakistan as the separate holy muslim land... so it should be rejected too...?
We have known to use the good parts from the bad. We have also known taking good thoughts from vilains too. Very famous rudra-strotram was written by Ravan, and so what, it still finds a very respected place in Shiv worship.
<!--QuoteBegin--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->MOTHER FIXATION
- The history of a sectarian war cryÂ
Cutting corners - ASHOK MITRA
....
Unfortunately, sections of the Hindu community debased its sanctity by using Vandemataram as a sectarian war cry from the late Twenties onwards to counter the Muslim orison of Allah-ho-Akbar during the communal riots in different parts of the country.
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This has made the writer's moorings amply clear.
1. vande matarm = sectarian war cry; while allah-o-akbar = orison (part of prayer)
2. While Hindus debased (he says) the sanctity of vande mataram, muslims were only uplifting allah-ho-akbar?
If sanctity of a national song depends upon the background of the song and its writer then, what abut Jana Gana Mana which was sung to welcome Emperor George V to India? 'Sare Jahan Se Achchha' is writen by Allama Iqbal who seeded the idea of partitioning India and creating Pakistan as the separate holy muslim land... so it should be rejected too...?
We have known to use the good parts from the bad. We have also known taking good thoughts from vilains too. Very famous rudra-strotram was written by Ravan, and so what, it still finds a very respected place in Shiv worship.