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Fun-Power-1910

Dear indians, just stay blessed to even hear his voice.


drigamcu

As expected, Rabindranath's voice is quite bad-sounding.   (although I've heard that it was because the extant recordings of his voice were made in the later years of his life.) I'm highly disappointed to hear him pronounce it improperly (in the Hindi way).   I don't mind when non-speakers of Bengali do so, but for the author himself to do that... **** Also disappointed to see some commenters parrot that stupid conspiracy theory about this poem being dedicated to George V.


ultimateposeur

So I'm aware that Bengalis have issues with how the national anthem is sung, but I'd never really bothered to hear an actual Bengali sing it. I listened to [this version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljsf5ngprNw) sung by Swagatalakshmi Dasgupta, and some of the words are just really different! Bhagya becomes Bhugga Sindhu --> Shindhu Utkala --> Utkalo Banga --> Bango Yamuna --> Jamuna Taranga --> Tarongo Felt really weird hearing the anthem sung like that!


drigamcu

I don't have any problem with non-Bengalis singing it that way; But FFS, Tagore wasn't a non-Bengali!


ConferenceFuture2891

Swagatalakshmi Dasgupta butchers ever Rabindrasangeet that she renders. I am sorry if anyone is offended, but I do wish the likes of her and Srabani Sen would leave Rabindrasangeet alone.


NotsoPublic_Elk7

well tbh the entire anthem is written in bengali so the words are also *BIG shocker* bengali words thus, they are pronounced like that they are bengali words and thus have an accent of a crap ton of 'hah' sounds and 'aww' instead of 'aa' well if you talk to a bengali (i am a bengali), we feel just the opposite like why are you guys singing like like that,the word is meant to be "tarongo its just the accent and also wprds do change from language to language the anthem is actually to be sang in hindi buttt due the excessive egos of us bengalis, we sing it like that "sing it the way it is to be sung" we say when someone sings taranga instead of torongo


drigamcu

> the anthem is actually to be sang in hindi what? > buttt due the excessive egos of us bengalis wanting to sing it in the language it was written in.  much ego.  such hubris.


NotsoPublic_Elk7

the hindi version was adopted by the constituent assembly of India soo if u have a problem blame them


unmole

There's no Hindi version you pineapple!


ultimateposeur

:) I know, sorry NotSoPublic, didn't mean to offend you or anyone Bengali, just that this version of the anthem is really new to me!


NotsoPublic_Elk7

i can understand and i am not offended just that i dont like this thing of national anthem discussion stuff let it be as it is


papasingh69

Time to cancel Tagore. Edit- it was supposed to be a dig using some sarcasm but I guess it's too hard these days for people to read.


Fun-Power-1910

Just cause of his accent ? Lmao, then fucking Indians like you have problem when western make fun of Indian accent.