World’s ‘best’ national anthem

The buzz on the Internet is that Jana Gana Mana, the Indian national anthem, has been declared as the world’s best national anthem by Unesco. With the speed that these things travel, one email multiplies into thousands and then before you know it, rumour becomes fact. Although one of the sites clarifies that this is an unauthenticated piece of news doing the rounds, newspaper inboxes are flooded with ‘proud to be Indian’ emails. It’s evident that national pride is running high in these terror-struck times. And this has given ordinary citizens a thing to revel in. Obviously, they express great joy at India’s having the world’s best national anthem. The Unesco site, however, is completely silent on the matter.

Jana-Gana-Mana-Adhinayaka, Jaya He 
Bharata-Bhagya-Vidhata
 Punjab-Sindhu-Gujarata-Maratha
 Dravida-Utkala-Banga 
Vindhya-Himachala-Yamuna-Ganga 
Uchchhala-Jaladhi Taranga 
Tava Subha Name Jage 
Tava Subha Ashisa Mage
Gahe Tava Jaya Gatha. 
Jana-Gana-Mangala Dayaka, Jaya He
 Bharata-Bhagya-Vidhata, 
Jaya He, Jaya He, Jaya He, Jaya Jaya Jaya, Jaya He