Bankim Chandra Chatterjee calls for the rise of Indian nationalism. The novel was also the source of the song Vande Mataram (I worship my Motherland for she truly is my mother) which, set to music by Rabindranath Tagore, was taken up by many Indian nationalists, and is now the National Song of India. The plot of the novel is loosely set on the Sannyasi Rebellion. He imagined untrained Sannyasi soldiers fighting and beating the highly experienced British Army; ultimately however, he accepted that the British cannot be defeated. He categorically claimed that the British are not the enemy but friends; the Muslims are
Fare Thee Well (song) a while. I’m going away, but I’ll be back If I go ten thousand miles. </poem> References 1-6 are transcribed from the Traditional Ballad Index website listed in "External Links" below Fare Thee Well (song) "Fare Thee Well" (sometimes known as "The Turtle Dove") is an 18th-century English folk ballad, in which a lover bids farewell before setting off on a journey. The lyrics include a dialogue between the lovers. The first published version of the song appeared in "Roxburghe Ballads" dated 1710; the lyrics were there given the title "The True Lover's Farewell". "Fare Thee Well" shares several lyrics