{"product_id":"vande-mataram-the-biography-of-a-song","title":"Vande Mataram: The Biography of a Song","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sabyasachi Bhattacharya\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e Primus Books\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition:\u003c\/b\u003e Revised\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 142\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 21-08-2013\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Number:\u003c\/b\u003e NAL891\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e Product Description\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThere are some writings which remain in the pages of books and then there are some exceptional writings which come out of the pages and enter our lives. The song Vande Mataram is of that exceptional kind. When we look back to that song published in 1882 and written even earlier, many questions crowd our mind. What accounts for the fact that it holds its place in the national psyche so many years later? How did that song become a battle cry in the freedom struggle and a part of national life in the pre-independence period? What inspired poets to translate it into all major languages and music makers from Rabindranath Tagore to A.R. Rahman to set it to music? How was it recognized as the ‘national song’ after independence? Why has it been as much a subject of communal controversy today as it had been in the decades preceding independence?\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nSabyasachi Bhattacharya revisits the fascinating story he had told in a widely acclaimed book written in 2003.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAbout the Author\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nSabyasachi Bhattacharya was Chairman, Indian Council of Historical Research, New Delhi. Professor Bhattacharya was former Professor of History, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and Vice-Chancellor, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789380607498\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.8 x 6.5 x 0.7 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Primus Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50135278682416,"sku":"DRG.ePrimus_9789380607498","price":522.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/9968\/4144\/files\/81e-RZv1eXL.jpg?v=1757602593","url":"https:\/\/www.retailmaharaj.com\/bn\/products\/vande-mataram-the-biography-of-a-song","provider":"Retail Maharaj","version":"1.0","type":"link"}