150 years of ‘Vande Mataram’: How India’s national song evolved from prohibition to patriotism

India's National Song 'Vande Mataram', written by noted Indian writer Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, was first published in the literary journal Bangadarshan on 7 November 1875. Speaking with SBS Hindi, Dr Srishti Guha, a cultural historian and associated with University of Newcastle, traces the journey of the song that inspired India's freedom fighters and became the national song.