http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jana_Gana_Mana
If you see the english translation of the anthem you will see that some ethnic groups get an official mention while others are just grouped in a very general manner not worthy of mention.
It also shows that the country is truly a modern creation and couldn't have been united in ancient times.
<big>J</big>ana Gana Mana [SUP][α][/SUP] is the national anthem of India. Written in highly Sanskritised (Tatsama) Bengali
West bangal is part of shitland but the eastern part isn't it's bangalaland.
Here is the english translation of the anthem and if you noticed they mention a few ethnic groups and all of these groups have something in common. They all are from the northern part of india but look at the other ethnic groups like the south indians. They are just grouped into a very big umbrella term.
[h=3]English translation[/h]
Rabindranath Tagore
The following translation (edited in 1950 to replace Sindh with Sindhu as Sindh after partition was allocated to Pakistan), attributed to Tagore, is provided by the Government of India's national portal:[SUP][9][/SUP]
So where are the tamils found in the national anthem? They are known as the dravida. This is like grouping all chinese, koreans, japs, viets, northern thais etc as east asian. You know that doesn't really mean anything as each of these groups are rather distinct so simply calling them east asian is quite a disservice.
Notice how the north indian groups each have a mention like the punjab, sindh, gujarat for example then the rest of the indians are just put into some large grouping and south india has many distinct ethnic groups but the govt of india says fuck it just call them dravida or whatever the fuck that means.
One interesting thing to note is that the ethnic group that gets mentioned first the punjab is located right at the northern most part of india. Part of punjab is in pakistan and muslim btw. It's really a hierachy based on skin color and location of the various ethnic groups in each region of india. You don't see that in the china national anthem. You don't see beijing chinese being placed on top of say cantonese for example.
If you see the english translation of the anthem you will see that some ethnic groups get an official mention while others are just grouped in a very general manner not worthy of mention.
It also shows that the country is truly a modern creation and couldn't have been united in ancient times.
<big>J</big>ana Gana Mana [SUP][α][/SUP] is the national anthem of India. Written in highly Sanskritised (Tatsama) Bengali
West bangal is part of shitland but the eastern part isn't it's bangalaland.
Here is the english translation of the anthem and if you noticed they mention a few ethnic groups and all of these groups have something in common. They all are from the northern part of india but look at the other ethnic groups like the south indians. They are just grouped into a very big umbrella term.
[h=3]English translation[/h]
Rabindranath Tagore
The following translation (edited in 1950 to replace Sindh with Sindhu as Sindh after partition was allocated to Pakistan), attributed to Tagore, is provided by the Government of India's national portal:[SUP][9][/SUP]
Thou art the ruler of the minds of all people,
Dispenser of India's destiny.
Thy name rouses the hearts of Punjab, Sindh, Gujarat and Maratha,
Of the Dravida and Odisha and Bengal;
It echoes in the hills of the Vindhyas and Himalayas,
mingles in the music of Yamuna and Ganga and is
chanted by the waves of the Indian Ocean.
They pray for thy blessings and sing thy praise.
The saving of all people waits in thy hand,
Thou dispenser of India's destiny.
Victory, victory, victory to thee.
Dispenser of India's destiny.
Thy name rouses the hearts of Punjab, Sindh, Gujarat and Maratha,
Of the Dravida and Odisha and Bengal;
It echoes in the hills of the Vindhyas and Himalayas,
mingles in the music of Yamuna and Ganga and is
chanted by the waves of the Indian Ocean.
They pray for thy blessings and sing thy praise.
The saving of all people waits in thy hand,
Thou dispenser of India's destiny.
Victory, victory, victory to thee.
So where are the tamils found in the national anthem? They are known as the dravida. This is like grouping all chinese, koreans, japs, viets, northern thais etc as east asian. You know that doesn't really mean anything as each of these groups are rather distinct so simply calling them east asian is quite a disservice.
Notice how the north indian groups each have a mention like the punjab, sindh, gujarat for example then the rest of the indians are just put into some large grouping and south india has many distinct ethnic groups but the govt of india says fuck it just call them dravida or whatever the fuck that means.
One interesting thing to note is that the ethnic group that gets mentioned first the punjab is located right at the northern most part of india. Part of punjab is in pakistan and muslim btw. It's really a hierachy based on skin color and location of the various ethnic groups in each region of india. You don't see that in the china national anthem. You don't see beijing chinese being placed on top of say cantonese for example.
