During the 140th founding day celebrations of the Indian National Congress in Thiruvananthapuram, party workers mispronounced ...

Rarely does an auteur have the fortune of starting a century of controversy from the moment he creates a piece. As a phenomenon, Rabindranath Tagore is indeed rare. And the text in question is our ...

Port of Spain: In a proud moment for 140 billion Indians, the national anthem was played in the parliament of Trinidad and Tobago on Friday (local time). The 'Jana Gana Mana' was played ahead of Prime ...

December 27, 1911– the day a song first heard at a Congress session in Calcutta began a chapter that would culminate in ...

Independence Day 2025 is a perfect moment to revisit why "Jana Gana Mana" was chosen as India's national anthem. Its powerful message of unity, diversity, and national pride continues to resonate with ...

BJP MP and former Karnataka Assembly Speaker Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri stirred controversy after claiming that the national anthem, Jana Gana Mana, was written to welcome the British. Speaking at an ...

Book ExtractExcerpted with permission from the publishers Song of India: A Study of the National Anthem Rudrangshu Mukherjee, published by Aleph Book Company Tagore’s view of India’s history and his ...

Hello and welcome to TOI Bharat Abroad. This week: India tightens OCI rules, making serious charges grounds for losing long-term visa-free access. In Dublin, racist attacks on Indians force the ...