This single video has stripped away the carefully cultivated veneer of congeniality and exposed something far more troubling.
The impulse to disrupt or diminish Vande Mataram, a song that stirred generations of freedom fighters and became one of the most powerful expressions of India’s national awakening, will not sit well with Indians.
Vande Mataram is an emotion. It is the sound of a civilisation awakening to its own strength. It stirred the hearts of revolutionaries, gave courage to those who stood up to colonial rule, and became inseparably woven into India’s freedom struggle.
When its words are sung, they evoke not just the land, but the rivers, fields, soil and spirit of Bharat. It carries the memory of sacrifice and the unmistakable yearning for freedom. Few songs possess the power to turn patriotism from an idea into an emotion felt deep within the soul.
Perhaps Sonia Gandhi will never fully understand the profound Indianness of Vande Mataram. But she must understand why India has embraced it: because it reflects our civilisational ethos, our history, our collective memory and, ultimately, who we are.
You can debate politics. You can disagree on ideology. But treating a song that has stirred the patriotic imagination of generations with anything less than reverence is a different matter altogether.
Vande Mataram. 🇮🇳
सोनिया गांधी को ‘वंदे मातरम्’ की कुछ शुरुआती पंक्तियों के बाद ही इसे लेकर असहजता होने लगी। उन्होंने गीत रोकने का संकेत दिया। राहुल गांधी भी पूरे गायन के दौरान और राष्ट्रगीत समाप्त होने के बाद तक परेशान दिखे।
यही तो कांग्रेस की पुरानी दुविधा है — गांधी परिवार को भारत की सांस्कृतिक चेतना, सभ्यतागत विरासत और राष्ट्रभाव के साथ आखिर इतनी असहजता क्यों?
स्वतंत्रता दिवस पर भी गांधी परिवार की वही बेचैनी कैमरे में कैद हो गई। आप खुद देख लें। ⬇️
Imagine if there was no camera around.. she would have slapped them for playing full Vande Matram.. Kharge was looking so scared as if he has committed some big crime…
This family is more Islamic than real Islamists..
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SHOCKER 🚨 3 Congress leaders 3 Statements -
Jairam Ramesh : Sonia Gandhi asked for a chair to be arranged for Kharge.
Pawan Khera : At Congress programmes, only the portion of Vande Mataram that was decided by the CWC in October 1937 should be sung.
Shakeel Ahmed Khan : "Many people in the country do not accept the complete Vande Mataram. What happened today is not in keeping with Congress tradition. I am glad that the Congress leadership objected to it"
=> People of India are very smart.
Rabies is a mild virus;
The virus dies when washed with soap."
- Ambika Shukla, Animal Activist
She should demonstrate it on live TV.
Let a rabies-infested dog bite her; then she should wash the bite mark with detergent and declare herself rabies-free