Archives shed light on Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru's opposition to adopting Vande Mataram as India's national anthem, citing its complexity for foreigners.

Nehru was of the view that the tune of the National Anthem, as well as how foreign nations would receive it, needed to be ...

Weeks after row over the national song, PM Modi to open debate in Lok Sabha; BJP says “reality of Nehru ji will be revealed” ...

Among the world’s best-known national anthems, “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814) emerged out of a welter of patriotic musical activity during the decades following our victorious conclusion of the ...

It's the grandest stage of all, for the players set to take the field, and for the artist set to take the mic. The performance is as anticipated, and as scrutinized, as the game itself. Someone at ...