Special Treats in 2022 Beating Retreat
Soulful 'Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo‘ instead of Mourful ‘Abide With Me’ PLUS 1000-drone spectacle brings R-Day celebrations to a close. Manorama & Mathrubhumi today have prominently in the front page given a news that Mahatma Gandhi’s favourite hymn Abide with Me has been dropped from the Beating the Retreat ceremony on Jan 29 to mark the end of the Republic Day celebrations. Other paid Medias also might have followed suit . These paid Medias conveniently omit the reason for such a decision as they are basically anti- BJP . Abide with Me is in fact a Christian hymn written by Scottish Anglican Priest Henry Francis Lyte . It was written in 1847 while visiting a dying friend . A prayer to God to stay with him through out life and death . It’s lyrics include “ Hold Thou Thy Cross before my closing eyes , shine through the gloom and point me to the skies . Heaven’s morning breaks , and Earth’ vain shadows flee , in life and death , O Lord , abide wi...