The Supreme Court had dismissed the petition then. In 2005, a petition filed in the Supreme Court demanded the inclusion of the word Kashmir in the national anthem and the deletion of Sindh, which became part of Pakistan following the Partition. In the time when we're being forced with CAA and all these things, we need many Sindhs in this country," he asserted. We need Sindh in our national anthem to remind us of all the people who are not mentioned. Our India has so many million people who are Sindhs. Sindhs are all those people who are not called Tamilians, Bengalis, Punjabis. "Sindhs are all those people who don't have provinces in their names. The vocalist also talked about the usage of 'Sindh' as a metaphor for those who are "not mentioned" in the song, its controversy and why Sindh in the anthem is so important It also lies in every individual who may or may not be its citizen but resides in this land." That the individual transformation, the collective transformation, and the collective and individual minds and hearts of the people is what makes a country," he explained.Īccording to Krishna, the song, which he said has been - and will be - interpreted in different ways by different people, tells us that "India lies in every citizen, every individual who inhabits this land. "It is so beautiful and so relevant today when the whole country is protesting.
Jana means the people, Gana is the collective of the people and Mana is the heart and the mind of the people. "We think of the song as geographical first, but the three words 'Jana Gana Mana' are cardinal. "The answer is: Jana Gana Mana," he told the audience. And these are the reasons why I've started singing this song - especially its unsung verses," he added.ĭeconstructing the unsung portion, verse by verse, note by note, the 43-year-old said Tagore through the song, among other things, also answers debated at length query of 'what makes a country?'. It tells us that is not India again and again. It protests against everything that our present government is establishing as India. It is also about the mind, the fear, the need to awaken, to remain together, despite, and with all diversity and differences, and of possibilities," said Krishna. "At one level the song is about India, the geography of India, at another level it is about the human struggle. Krishna was speaking at the inaugural day of the fifth edition of the Kerala Literature Festival (KLF) during a session titled, "Jana Gana Mana: Poetic Masterpiece, National Treasure".
SONG OF KRISHNA FULL
The full song - including the 'unsung part' - is about the spirit of "incredible possibility, the idea of India, human struggle" and much more, he opined. The song, Krishna argued, protests "against everything the present government stands for" - the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), NRC (National Register for Citizens) or National Population Register (NPR).
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