Students Sing Vande Mataram At Tirupati Festival

At the 18th Tirupati Book Festival on Saturday, 150 students sang Vande Mataram to mark the song's 150th anniversary, organizers said. Speakers including IISER Tirupati Director Santanu Bhattacharya and Netaji Research Bureau's Sumantra Bose linked the performance to India's freedom struggle and emphasized continued reading habits; Bhattacharya added that critical thinking will remain a human strength despite advances in AI.