The 'Bankim' test

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Remember the Tebbit Test? In 1990 British Politician Norman Tebbit proposed the Cricket test that told the ethnic minorities in United Kingdom they wouldn't be considered truly British until they supported the English cricket team when it played the country of their origin. So if you are a "Paki" ( Indians, Pakistanis or Bangladeshi) you have to cheer for Michael Collingwood over Inzamam or Rahul Dravid. HRD Minister Arjun Singh's grand idea to celebrate 100 years of Vande Mataram reminds me in strange ways of the Tebbit Test. The BJP wants everyone to sing. The Congress says it's not compulsory. What's the difference? Can anyone tell? First one proposes this grand idea of singing a song and then says it's not complusory. That in no way helps anyone. Because by that time everyone has hijacked your idea. People at the receiving end are those who hardly have a voice--economically....