One hundred and fifty years after it was written under a mango tree, India’s national song once again becomes a battleground.

With 14 regional stations, over 3,000 employees, and an annual government allocation exceeding Tk200 crore, infrastructure remains vast. Yet listener engagement and popularity have plummeted, while ye ...

As Bengal polls approach, BJP walks tightrope between Bankim’s song & Tagore’s legacy. 5 yrs after invoking Amar Sonar Bangla ...

Indore: A room in Zafar Ansari’s humble home in Indore is a gateway to the past, housing prized possessions that trace ...

Reona Alam, a Muslim student at Hunter College and the daughter of Bengali immigrants, first learned mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani was running to lead New York City about ...

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The 56th International Film Festival of India has selected Rajkumar Periyasamy’s Tamil-language war drama “Amaran,” starring ...

August 14, 1943. She is an Indian playback singer who is popular for singing Hindi songs. She has also sung more than 2000 songs in Marathi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Assamese and Gujarati ...

Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi inaugurated the year-long commemoration of 150 years of the National Song “Vande Mataram” in New Delhi ...

It’s been 150 years since Vande Mataram first appeared in print. The British once banned it, yet it became the cry that ...

Noted author turned filmmaker Ram Kamal Mukherjee has been nominated for Best Debutant Director for his Bengali feature film ...

Vande Mataram was declared India’s National Song by the Constituent Assembly in 1950, distinct from the National Anthem (Jana ...