Choice of State Anthem Reflects Mamata Banerjee’s Dilemma Over Adopting Bengali Politics

West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee gave a rather surprising proposal – Rabindranath Tagore’s Banglar Mati Banglar Jol (Bengal’s soil, Bengal’s water), which he penned protesting the colonial bifurcation of Bengal in 1905, may be adopted as the ‘state anthem’ with changed lyrics. The usage of ‘Bengali’ in the song can be replaced with ‘Bengal’, she suggested.Show more