Song of the Day – Vande Mataram by MIDIval Punditz

A song for contemporary India? Listen to this electronica remix of the Indian national song. “Vande Mataram” by MIDIval Punditz. The lyrics come from a 19th c. poem written in “Sanskritised” Bengali, which praises “Mother India.” It had a prominent place in the independence movement and was recognized by the Indian National Congress and later the Indian assembly as the “national song” of India, although India also has a national anthem, “Jana Gana Mana”…