Re: Need for new National Anthem

Date: 29 Apr 2003 09:57:36 -0700
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian,soc.culture.bengali,soc.culture.bangladesh,soc.culture.punjab,soc.culture.pakistan
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"Vishal Singh" <email-address-deleted> wrote in message news:<email-address-deleted>...
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> > It is in Bengali
> >
>
> I think the original version was in Bengali, but what is sung nowdays
> is in Sankrit mixed with Hindi.
>
> http://www.indianchild.com/national_anthem.htm
http://www.tourindia.com/insignia/anthem.htm
Tatsam words, by their definition, are same in Sanskrit and
in all other languages that have borrowed the words from
Sanskrit. It is mostly the suffixes and the verb endings that
can give away whether the anthem is in Bengali, Sanskrit or
Hindi.
Will Mr. Singh point out the specific words of the song in
"what is sung nowadays" that have been changed officially so
that the song is now no longer in Bengali but in "Sanskrit
mixed with Hindi"?