09-09-2006, 12:05 AM
Rajesh: Such stories never get mileage from our dorky media. Here's one more:
At this Gujarat school, Muslim students sing Vande Mataram daily
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Kamran Sulaimani / Tanvir A Siddiqui
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Ahmedabad, August 30: Netas may be singing a political tune as far as the National Song is concerned, but as far as schools are concerned the must-sing-Vande-Mataram-on-September-7 controversy is one they could do without.
At Gayatri Vidyalaya in Shah-e-Alam, reciting the national song is commonplace for Muslim as well as Hindu students. <span style='font-size:21pt;line-height:100%'>Ninety-nine per cent of the students at this school â run by a Hindu management â are Muslims. </span>
School authorities feel the issue has been blown out of proportion by political parties to get mileage and that reciting the national song on its 100th anniversary is not the only parameter by which patriotism can be judged.
"We are not Hindus and Muslims. As soon as the student enters the school, there is only a teacher-student relationship,'' says Rajnikant Bhatt, managing trustee of Gayatri Vidyalaya. The school is run by Gayatri Vidhottejak Trust. ''Parents of Muslim students have never objected to anything in spite of the fact that we have 99 per cent Muslim students. We celebrate Janmashtmi, Rakshabandhan and Eid together,'' says Bhatt adding, ''The decisions are being taken to gain political mileage and nothing else.'' <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
At this Gujarat school, Muslim students sing Vande Mataram daily
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Kamran Sulaimani / Tanvir A Siddiqui
Â
Ahmedabad, August 30: Netas may be singing a political tune as far as the National Song is concerned, but as far as schools are concerned the must-sing-Vande-Mataram-on-September-7 controversy is one they could do without.
At Gayatri Vidyalaya in Shah-e-Alam, reciting the national song is commonplace for Muslim as well as Hindu students. <span style='font-size:21pt;line-height:100%'>Ninety-nine per cent of the students at this school â run by a Hindu management â are Muslims. </span>
School authorities feel the issue has been blown out of proportion by political parties to get mileage and that reciting the national song on its 100th anniversary is not the only parameter by which patriotism can be judged.
"We are not Hindus and Muslims. As soon as the student enters the school, there is only a teacher-student relationship,'' says Rajnikant Bhatt, managing trustee of Gayatri Vidyalaya. The school is run by Gayatri Vidhottejak Trust. ''Parents of Muslim students have never objected to anything in spite of the fact that we have 99 per cent Muslim students. We celebrate Janmashtmi, Rakshabandhan and Eid together,'' says Bhatt adding, ''The decisions are being taken to gain political mileage and nothing else.'' <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->