Why is there a controversy with "Vande mataram"?

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jayaraman

The controversy is the song praises mother land depicted as Devi which the people like Muslims do not like. The Original Bengali version and the translations are given below:
-composed by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee' the original full version is the national song of India.
In original Bengali
বন্দে মাতরম্
সুজলাং সুফলাং মলয়জশীতলাম্
শস্যশ্যামলাং মাতরম্॥
শুভ্রজ্যোত্স্না পুলকিতযামিনীম্
পুল্লকুসুমিত দ্রুমদলশোভিনীম্
সুহাসিনীং সুমধুর ভাষিণীম্
সুখদাং বরদাং মাতরম্॥
কোটি কোটি কণ্ঠ কলকলনিনাদ করালে
কোটি কোটি ভুজৈর্ধৃতখরকরবালে
কে বলে মা তুমি অবলে
বহুবলধারিণীং নমামি তারিণীম্
রিপুদলবারিণীং মাতরম্॥

English Transliteration
"Vande maataraM
sujalaaM suphalaaM malayaja shiitalaaM
SasyashyaamalaaM maataram ||

Shubhrajyotsnaa pulakitayaaminiiM
pullakusumita drumadala shobhiniiM
suhaasiniiM sumadhura bhaashhiNiiM
sukhadaaM varadaaM maataraM ||

Koti koti kantha kalakalaninaada karaale
koti koti bhujai.rdhR^itakharakaravaale
abalaa keno maa eto bale
bahubaladhaariNiiM namaami taariNiiM
ripudalavaariNiiM maataraM ||

Translation
The following is a translation of the song by Sri Aurobindo:

Mother, I bow to thee!
Rich with thy hurrying streams,
bright with orchard gleams,
Cool with thy winds of delight,
Green fields waving Mother of might,
Mother free.

Glory of moonlight dreams,
Over thy branches and lordly streams,
Clad in thy blossoming trees,
Mother, giver of ease
Laughing low and sweet!
Mother I kiss thy feet,
Speaker sweet and low!
Mother, to thee I bow.-

keral

this is the fundementalists problem.not others

arun d

Vande Matram is Hail Motherland personally I think there is nothing offensive about it, but some people think it degrades their religion.

mousumiab

It is a patriotic song. But India is very liberal and people are thinking about their selfish aim to divide the country & rule it over as British people did. Still we aer following the British rule for Indian Police, IAS and all govt. office.
There is nothing it simply shows that we are not educated.

brainless

its not the national anthem its the national song. its a patriotic song.

Vande Mataram
Bankin Chandra composed the song Vande Mataram in an inspired moment, Rabindranath sang it by setting a glorious tune to it and it was left to the genius of Shri Aurobindo to interpret the deeper meaning of the song out of which India received the philosophy of new Nationalism.

The English translation of Vande Mataram rendered by Shree Aurobindo, is considered as official and best as per Bhavan's book, Vande Mataram by Moni Bagchee (pg. 66).

in the song reference has been made to "devi", which according to the muslims has hindu leanings so cannot be considered as a national song.

deepak57

Vande = Salute
matram = motherland
Some people salute to God only.

santosh k

some people living in India, but they still belives that their mother hood country is beside of this country that's why they don't.

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