Veteran actress Sharmila Tagore has said that the nation should stick to only the first two stanzas of the national song ‘Vande Mataram’. The actress spoke with IANS on Thursday 2026-08-20, and said that the entire song may not comply with the religious beliefs of many communities in India as they are monotheistic in nature. She told IANS, “My point of view is that there are many religious people who believe in one single God, not many Gods. In ‘Vande Mataram’, there is a stanza which says that many Gods are mentioned in ‘Vande Mataram’”. “It is difficult for those who believe in one religion to say, ‘Vande Kali, Vande Durga’. Therefore, if we take all the religious people in India together, the first two stanzas are very good”, she added.
The Vande Mataram controversy intensified after India’s 80th Independence Day celebrations, with the two national parties, BJP and Congress clashing over the national song’s rendition and historical interpretation. The dispute escalated after the Congress Working Committee reaffirmed its longstanding position of singing only the first two stanzas at party events, a practice dating back to 1937.
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* How India Travels (2026-08-20)
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