As a child, singing Vande Mataram was a feeling. It was so lyrical, and beautifully weaved. It’s first two verses are in Sanskrit. And Sanskrit itself has a musical touch to words. The Sanskrit verses are in “Dwitiya Vibhakti”, making it even more and more musical, lyrical, directly touching the heart. A song that was also a prayer in my…
In the windswept hills of Maharashtra, where the Sahyadri mountains stand as silent sentinels, a woman carved her name into eternity. Jijabai Shahaji Bhonsale, revered as Rajmata Jijau, was the mother of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the lion who birthed the Maratha Empire. But she was more than a mother—she was a warrior, a dreamer, a nurturer of a nation. With…
