Which Country's National Anthem is the best !

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Bluffmaster

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Hi Guyz ,

Having seen the whole Fifa world Cup , I Have Heard many countries National Anthem ! But in my Opinion India's National anthem is the best :D ! No I am Not saying this coz i am an Indian or I am Biased but its a Fact ! The Peace and Harmony That u Feel after Hearing India's National anthem cannot be compared to any Other countries anthem ! Rabindra Nath Tagore was a Genius for sure ! So wat do u Guyz Feel ! Which countries Anthem do u Like the Most ? :)
 
@Bluffy --- You feel that way because you know the meaninf of the national anthem and it MEANS something to you.....

I for one, I really like the cheeriness of the Italian National Anthem. Heard it a lot during Ferrari's dominance :P....
 
Lol...:P If u r talking abt the Fifa worldcup , then Dream on.... But Yeah Next Year at cricket worldcup we r goin to Hear it ....:)
 
kau_therock said:
Well......INDIA rocks.....i hope to hear our anthem during 2010 wc
:lol: Keep hoping :P ...

India will never go anywhere in professional sport (apart from stupid cricket)
 
Well... No offense to our national anthem but do try to get the complete meaning of the Indian anthem... You surely will have a different feeling about it... And i aint kidding...
 
Switch said:
Well... No offense to our national anthem but do try to get the complete meaning of the Indian anthem... You surely will have a different feeling about it... And i aint kidding...
Are you talking abt that forwarded mail by any chance ??
 
This is the meaning of Indian National Anthem ! :)

THE LAND PEOPLE AND THE REPUBLICATION OF INDIA IS FOR YOU OUR BELOVED HERO THE ALLMIGHTY VICTORY IS FOR YOU,

THE MAKER OF INDIAN DESTINY,
STATES OF PUNJAB SINDH GUJRAT MARATHA DRAVID UTKAL BENGAL,
MOUNTAINS OF VINDHYACHAL HIMANCHAL
RIVERS OF YAMUNA AND GANGES
AND THERE MOVING WATERS AND VIBRATIONS,
THEY RISE WITH YOUR NAME,
ASK FOR YOUR SACRED BLESSINGS,
AND SING THE STORY OF YOUR HEROISM,
THE WELLWISHER OF INDIAN LAND PEOPLE AND THE REPUBLICATION VICTORY IS FOR YOU,
THE MAKER OF INDIA'S DESTINY,
VICTORY IS FOR YOU VICTORY IS FOR YOU VICTORY IS FOR YOU
VICTORY VICTORY VICTORY IS FOR YOU


@ Switch : Wats Wrong with This ? :S
 
another translation

Thou art the ruler of the minds of all people,
dispenser of India's destiny.
Thy name rouses the hearts of Punjab, Sindh, Gujarat, the Maratha country,
in the Dravida country, Utkala (Orissa) and Banga (Bengal);
It echoes in the hills of the Vindhyas and Himalayas,
it mingles in the rhapsodies of the pure waters Jamuna and the Ganges.
They chant only thy name,
they seek only thy blessings,
They sing only thy praise.
The saving of all people waits in thy hand,
thou dispenser of India's destiny.
Victory, victory, victory to thee.
 
there is an email doing the rounds which says that the "anthem" was written by Tagore to commemorate the visit of the King (George if I remember my history right) to India and every line in the anthem is actually paying tribute to the Britishers than India....

I dont know how far it is true.

I will dig up the original and post it here.
 
email said:
I have always wondered who is the "adhinayak" and "bharat bhagya

vidhata", whose praise we are singing. I thought might be Motherland India! Our

current National Anthem "Jana Gana Mana" is sung throughout the

country.



Did you know the following about our national anthem, I didn't.



To begin with, India's national anthem, Jana Gana Mana Adhinayaka, was

written by Rabindranath Tagore in honor of King George V and the Queen

of England when they visited India in 1919. To honor their visit Pandit

Motilal Nehru had the five stanzas included, which are in praise of the King

and Queen. (And most of us think it is in the praise of our great

motherland!!!)



In the original Bengali verses only those provinces that were under

British rule, i.e. Punjab, Sindh, Gujarat, Maratha etc. were mentioned. None

of the princely states were recognized which are integral parts of India now

Kashmir, Rajasthan, Andhra, Mysore or Kerala. Neither the Indian Ocean

nor the Arabian Sea was included, since they were directly under

Portuguese rule at that time. The Jana Gana Mana Adhinayaka implies that King George V

is the lord of the masses and Bharata Bhagya Vidhata is "the bestower of

good fortune". Following is a translation of the five stanzas that glorify the King:



First stanza: (Indian) People wake up remembering your good name and

ask for your blessings and they sing your glories. (Tava shubha naame

jaage;tava shubha aashish maage, gaaye tava jaya gaatha)



Second stanza: Around your throne people of all religions come and

give their love and anxiously wait to hear your kind words.



Third stanza: Praise to the King for being the charioteer, for leading

the ancient travelers beyond misery.



Fourth stanza: Drowned in the deep ignorance and suffering, poverty-stricken, unconscious country? Waiting for the wink of your

eye and your mother's (the Queen's) true protection.



Fifth stanza: In your compassionate plans, the sleeping Bharat (India) will wake up. We bow down to your feet O' Queen, and glory to

Rajeshwara (the King).



This whole poem does not indicate any love for the Motherland but depicts a bleak picture. When you sing Jana Gana Mana Adhinayaka, whom are you glorifying? Certainly not the Motherland. Is it God? The poem does not

indicate that.It is time now to understand the original purpose and the implication of this, rather than blindly sing as has

been done the past fifty years. Nehru chose the present national anthem as opposed to Vande Mataram because he thought that it would be easier for the band to play!!! It was an absurd reason but Today for that matter bands have advanced and they can very well play any music. So they can as well play Vande Mataram, which is a far better composition in praise of our dear

Motherland -India.Wake up, it's high time! Shouldn't Vande Mataram be our National Anthem.



PLEASE CIRCUILATE THIS AMONG YOUR BUSINESS & FRIENDS CIRCLE & HELP TO

CREATE THE AWARENESS ABOUT THIS IMPORTANT MATTER!!!!!!!!

Now, please dont flame me..... I think we all believe in freedom of speech. I am not insulting our country or national anthem. I am just posting an email I got from someone..... I dont know if is true and so, I have never circulated it to anyone.
 
this is straight frm wikipedia

Controversy exists regarding the appropriateness of Jana Gana Mana as the national anthem of an independent India. The poem was composed in December 1911, precisely at the time of the Coronation Durbar of George V, and is a paean in praise of "the overlord of India's destiny". The composition was first sung during a convention of the then loyalist Indian National Congress in Calcutta on Dec. 27, 1911 [1]. It was sung on the second day of the convention, and the agenda of that day devoted itself to a loyal welcome of George V on his visit to India. The event was reported thus in the Indian press:

"The Bengali poet Babu Rabindranath Tagore sang a song composed by him specially to welcome the Emperor." (Statesman, Dec. 28, 1911)
"The proceedings began with the singing by Babu Rabindranath Tagore of a song specially composed by him in honour of the Emperor." (Englishman, Dec. 28, 1911)
"When the proceedings of the Indian National Congress began on Wednesday 27th December 1911, a Bengali song in welcome of the Emperor was sung. A resolution welcoming the Emperor and Empress was also adopted unanimously." (Indian, Dec. 29, 1911)

Unsurprisingly, the belief gained ground that the poem had been written in honour of the visiting monarch. Others aver that the newspaper reports cited above were misguided, the confusion arising since a different song, written in Hindi by Rambhuj Chaudhary, was sung [2] on the same occasion in praise of the monarch. However, the two poems were written in different languages; Tagore already enjoyed much fame in India, and newspaper reports are both consistent and categorical on the point of Tagore having himself sung his composition on the occasion.

Nevertheless, other explanations for the motivations that informed the creation of the poem have been proposed. On a visit to India, The poet Yeats received a visit from an Indian admirer who was also, in Yeats' words, "an Indian devotee" of Tagore. In a letter to a lady friend, Yeats quoted this unnamed devotee as giving him a 'strictly off the records' version of events dealing with the writing of Jana Gana Mana. That version, as presented in 1968 by the Indian Express newspaper, was this:

"He (Tagore) got up very early in the morning and wrote a very beautiful poem.... When he came down, he said to one of us, 'Here is a poem which I have written. It is addressed to God, but give it to Congress people. It will please them." [3]

Thus, Tagore is said to have written the poem in honour of God. In a letter to Pulin Behari Sen, Tagore himself wrote:

"A certain high official in His Majesty's service, who was also my friend, had requested that I write a song of felicitation towards the Emperor. The request simply amazed me. It caused a great stir in my heart. In response to that great mental turmoil, I pronounced the victory in Jana Gana Mana of that Bhagya Vidhata [ed. God of Destiny] of India who has from age after age held steadfast the reins of India's chariot through rise and fall, through the straight path and the curved. That Lord of Destiny, that Reader of the Collective Mind of India, that Perennial Guide, could never be George V, George VI, or any other George. Even my official friend understood this about the song. After all, even if his admiration for the crown was excessive, he was not lacking in simple common sense."

In 2005, there were calls to delete the word "Sindh" and substitute it with the word Kashmir. The argument was that Sindh was no longer a part of India, having become part of Pakistan as a result of the Partition of 1947. Opponents of this proposal hold that the word "Sindh" refers to the Indus and to Sindhi culture and people who are an integral part of India's cultural fabric. The Supreme Court of India refused to tamper with the national anthem and the wording remains unchanged.

Jana Gana Mana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
Anyway, never to forget the main topic here, for me..the BSEST Anthem is of course our very own Indian National Anthem!.Heard many countriees others anthems but nothing comes close!
 
the anthem was never meant for King george V, it just happened to co-incide with his visit and the stupid english papers reported it wrong (just like newspaper botch up even today).

Thus, Tagore is said to have written the poem in honour of God. In a letter to Pulin Behari Sen, Tagore himself wrote:

"A certain high official in His Majesty's service, who was also my friend, had requested that I write a song of felicitation towards the Emperor. The request simply amazed me. It caused a great stir in my heart. In response to that great mental turmoil, I pronounced the victory in Jana Gana Mana of that Bhagya Vidhata [ed. God of Destiny] of India who has from age after age held steadfast the reins of India's chariot through rise and fall, through the straight path and the curved. That Lord of Destiny, that Reader of the Collective Mind of India, that Perennial Guide, could never be George V, George VI, or any other George. Even my official friend understood this about the song. After all, even if his admiration for the crown was excessive, he was not lacking in simple common sense."
Switch take info given out in e-mails with a bag of salt ;)
 
Well, The Indian Anthem is the best, and duh, were Indians, so for us, it better be.

Outta the Countries at the world cup, I like the Italian Anthem a Lot...
 
with regards to the controversy here is something else

The jingoism of the anti-Jana Gana Mana campaign is based on an appropriate irony. The charge actually rests on false evidence given by the pro-British press. The song was first sung in a session of the Congress in 1911. This session had decided to felicitate George V since he had announced the abrogation of the partition of Bengal, thereby conceding the success of the Swadeshi agitation, the first modern anti-colonial movement that had started in 1905. The day after the session the nationalist Indian papers normally -- and accurately -- reported that a Tagore composition had been sung. The Bengalee -- along with other Indian newspapers as well as the report of the Indian National Congress - reported that it was a "patriotic song". The following year the song was published as "Bharat -- Vidatha". A contemporary commentator in the vernacular Bharati described the song as one in "Praise of the Dispenser of human Destiny, whoÖappears in every age." He probably came closest to capturing its spirit. This song was to later become known as Jana Gana Mana.

The confusion about the song was stirred up by the ineptness of the pro-British Anglo-Indian press. Their inefficiency was not surprising (The Sunday Times once ascribed the authorship of Bande Mataram to Tagore and described Jana Gana Mana as a Hindi song!) On this occasion the Anglo-Indian press -- led by The Englishman - almost uniformly reported that a Tagore song had been sung to commemorate George V's visit to India. The reports were based on understandable ignorance since the Anglo-Indian press had neither the linguistic abilities nor the interest to be accurate. Actually, two songs that had been sung that day. The Jana Gana Mana had been followed by a Hindi song composed specially for George V by Rambhuj Chaudhary. There was no real connection between the composition of the Jana Gana Mana and George V, except that the song was sung -- not written - at an event which also felicitated the king. The Anglo-Indian press [luckily for Hindutva enthusiasts and unfortunately for secularists!] heard Indian songs much in the way they looked at foreign faces: they were all the same!

Initially the controversy seemed a non-starter. Contemporaries obviously found it hard to associate Tagore with servility. Tagore was known for this opposition to the government. Indeed, shortly after the Congress session the government passed a circular that declared Shantiniketan to be a "place altogether unsuitable for the education of Government officers" and threatened punitive measures against officers who sent their children there to study. Undoubtedly helped by these measures which shored up Tagore's nationalist reputation, the song steadily acquired wide acceptability among nationalists in all parts of the country - especially after its translation into English as "The morning song of India" by the poet in Madras. In a survey made just before the poetís death in 1941 at Mumbai, respondents felt Jana Gana Mana to have the strongest "national characteristics" although Bande Mataram was found superior on some other criteria. The dirt thrown by the pro-British press seemed to have been completely wrung out when Netaji Bose's Indian National Army adopted it as the National Anthem; this was followed by Gandhiís declaration in 1946 that "the song has found a place in our national life": that it was "also like a devotional hymn".

India: Are we still singing for the Empire? by Pradip Kumar Datta

As for which country's national anthem is the best i'll quote this

Additionally Jana Gana Mana enjoyed an international reputation. It had been greatly appreciated in the United Nations at New York where it was first played as an orchestral arrangement in 1947. Many said that it was superior to most national anthems in the world. Within the country the overwhelming majority of the provinces supported its nomination.
 
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