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Vande Mataram exhibition opens at Pradhanmantri Sanghralaya ahead of I-Day
Vande Mataram exhibition opens at Pradhanmantri Sanghralaya ahead of I-Day
A five-day exhibition of rare Vande Mataram memorabilia opened on Saturday at the Pradhanmantri Sanghralaya in New Delhi, ahead of the 80th Independence Day. The collection includes vintage stamps, an old tricolour…
The Story in Brief
A five-day exhibition of rare Vande Mataram memorabilia opened on Saturday at the Pradhanmantri Sanghralaya in New Delhi, ahead of the 80th Independence Day. The collection includes vintage stamps, an old tricolour bearing the chant in Devanagari, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee’s first-day cover from 1976, and copies of his novel Anandamath in Bangla and English.
Organised under the programme ‘Vande Mataram: A Timeless Tribute to the Motherland’, running from August 8 to 12, the exhibition also celebrates 150 years of the national song. Other objects include decorative buttons and items from the Toshakhana collection. Vande Mataram was first published in 1875, set to music by Tagore, and adopted as the national song in 1950.
The Indian Opinion
National symbols deserve respectful commemoration, but this exhibition risks becoming a footnote if it only attracts officials and school groups. The real test is whether it sparks genuine curiosity among young Indians about Vande Mataram’s evolution from a novel to a movement, or remains a photo-op. Will the museum release visitor numbers broken down by age after August 12?
Source: telanganatoday.com
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