CJ's late foul surrenders lead, game to Francis Howell

Carl Junction’s Deacon Endicott scored 7 points in the first four minutes of the final stanza of Saturday’s third-place game in the Kaminsky Classic at Joplin High School and gave the Bulldogs a ...

Poem of the week: Dream-Pedlary by Thomas Lovell Beddoes

From an almost whimsical beginning, these verses on wishing to overcome mortality grow lyrical and deeply moving ...
The New Indian Express

Majhi urges all to chant Vande Mataram with pride; BJD, Congress walk out after two stanzas in Assembly

BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Tuesday called upon the people, irrespective of the religious belief, to chant the national song Vande Mataram with pride as it has the power to unite ...
The Hindu

Decision to use first two stanzas of ‘Vande Mataram’ was not of Nehru alone: Congress president Kharge

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday (December 9, 2025) accused BJP leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, of insulting Jawaharlal Nehru, as he said the decision to use only the ...
Indiatimes

150 years of Vande Mataram: Why BJP and Congress are fighting over its ‘missing stanzas’ — explained

Parliament will begin a special discussion in the Lok Sabha on Monday to commemorate 150 years of Vande Mataram, a song that remains one of the most debated symbols of India’s freedom struggle.Prime ...
World Socialist Web Site

Yeghishe Charents’ selected poetry and prose

The following selection of poetry and prose comes from the pen of Soviet Armenian poet, novelist, essayist, translator and revolutionist Yeghishe Charents (1897-1937). The WSWS is posting today an ...
Indiatimes

Vande Mataram song row: PM Modi says key stanzas removed in 1937; Mallikarjun Kharge hits out at BJP, RSS

Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the 1937 Congress government of removing stanzas from Vande Mataram, claiming it fractured the song and sowed seeds of partition. He emphasized the song's enduring ...
Hindustan Times

Key stanzas of Vande Mataram cut in 1937: PM; Cong hits back

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that significant stanzas of the “Vande Mataram,” were removed in 1937, when it was adopted as India’s national song by the Congress, adding that the move ...
NDTV

The 'Vande Mataram' Row: What Stanzas Did Congress Drop, And Why

On November 7, 1875, Bengali author Bankim Chandra Chatterjee – one of India's most influential 19th century thinkers – wrote the words to a poem, a hymn, that would become a rallying cry for freedom ...
Hindustan Times

'Vande Mataram stanzas on Maa Durga removed by Nehru in 1937': BJP's big charge

BJP claimed that while Netaji was in favour of releasing Vande Mataram's "full original" version, Nehru thought the song was "not suitable" as a national song. As India marks 150 years of the national ...
The New Indian Express

Important stanzas of Vande Matram dropped in 1937, divisive mindset still challenge for country: PM Modi

NEW DELHI: in an apparent attack at the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said important stanzas of the national song 'Vande Mataram' were dropped in 1937 which sowed the seeds of ...