Thursday, November 12, 2009

MANN vs RANN

Way back in 1911, the Noble Prize winner Ravindra Nath Tagore wrote a song in praise of the Queen of Britain who was to visit India in Bengali. It had few words in praise of India as well. Later these words were taken up by the whole nation as their pride, as their honor, something which they believed in by heart, something which arose the immense love in them for their motherland. They took up those words as their national anthem.
Pani sharab sab ek ho jate hai,
jab dil mei deshprem ka nasha chahta hai.....
Rashtriya geet wahi hota hai,
jo poore desh ko ek sutra mei piro jata hai...

Those words still remain to be the National Anthem of India, my country, my nation...It was accepted as national anthem on 24th January'1950..Although it comprises of 5 stanzas, only the first stanza is sung in normal. It takes 52 seconds normally to sing it. A shorter version also exists which takes 20 seconds...The words are
JANA GANA MANA ADHINAYAKA JAYA HE
BHARATA BHAGYA VIDHATA
PANJABA SINDH GUJARATA MARATHA
DRAVIDA UTKALA VANGA
VINDHYA HIMACHALA YAMUNA GANGA
UCCHALA JALADHI TARANGA
TAVA SHUBHA NAME JAGE
TAVA SHUBHA ASHISHA MAGE
GAYE TAVA JAYA GATHA
JANA GANA MANGALA DAAYAKA JAYA HE
BHARAT BHAGYA VIDHATA
JAYA HE JAYA HE JAYA HE
JAYA JAYA JAYA JAYA HE!

But, since independence India has developed and changed a lot and this anthem requires a few changes to epict the reality of the nation. These changes have been best shown in a song recently composed for the movie "Rann", directed by Ram Gopal Verma, casting Amitabh Bachchan..
The lyrics of the song are

JANA GANN MANA RANN HAI
IS RANN MEIN ZAKHMI HUA HAI BHAARAT KA BHAAGYA VIDHAATA
PUNJAB SINDH GUJRAT MARATHA
EK DOOSRE SE LADD KE MAR RAHEIN HAIN
IS DESH NE HUMKO EK KIYA
HUM DESH KE TUKDEY KAR RAHEIN HAIN
DRAVID UTKAL BANGA
KHOON BAHAA KER, EK RANG KA KAR DIYA HUMNE TIRANGA
SARHADON PE JUNG AUR
GALIYON MEIN FASAAD DANGA
VINDH HIMACHAL YAMUNA GANGA
MEIN TEZAAB UBAL RAHA HAI
MAR GAYA SAB KA ZAMEER

JAANE KAB ZINDA HO AAGEY
PHIR BHI TAVA SHUBH NAAME JAAGE
TAVA SHUBH AASHISH MAANGE
AAG MEIN JAL KAR CHEEKH RAHA HAI
PHIR BHI KOI NAHI SACH KO BACHAATA
GAAHE TAVA JAYA GAATHA
DESH KA AISA HAAL HAI LEKIN
AAPAS MEIN LADD RAHEIN NETA
JANA GANN MANGAL DAAYAK JAYA HAI
BHAARAT KO BACHA LE VIDHAATA!!!
JAYA HAI – YA YEH – MARANN HAI
JANA – GANN – MANA – RANN HAI

I am not intending to hurt anyone's feelings and patriotism. In my heart I believe my nation is the best and my mother land is the only heaven on Earth but i could not also deny the the truth..

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