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Vande Mataram , even 150 years after its creation, continues to give goosebumps to most Indians. The song that once stirred India’s soul, written by a Bengali who dreamt of a free motherland, was celebrated on Friday by the Prime Minister of India, marking the beginning of a series of year-long events across the country.

Yet, as Bengal readies for another fierce election in 2026, the TMC and the Left have virtually ceded the space to the BJP when it comes to championing Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay’s immortal hymn.

Bankim’s Vande Mataram was not just a poem but the first articulation of cultural nationalism in the Indian imagination. Composed in 1875 and included in his novel Anandamath (1882), set against the backdrop of the 18th-century Sannyasi Rebellion,

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