The National Anthem

What does are national anthem signify? History? Progress? Glory? Pride?..Well the list goes on...
It means different things to different people. For many of us it signifies our independence, a reminder of our difficult history. Today's Republic day parade was also a statement to the world and to every Indian, that we are indeed coming up economically and socially.
Coming back to the National Anthem; I sometimes wonder, why don't we celebrate it. It is always sung at the end of any event, not at the beginning. People leave the hall silently after it has been sung. There is no sense of mass celebration, "clapping of hands" for example. Why is it so? The reason surely can't be that we have always had it this way for the past 50 years.
Personally I feel it should be celebrated, and sung at the beginning of any event. It should instill that sense of pride in every Indian before starting any new activity.

As always, this is highly debatable because the National Anthem means different things to different people, but as a whole it does make every Indian feel more Indian when he/she listens to it or sings it.