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It starts, as it should, with Jana Gana Mana — fifty-two seconds we all know by heart. After that: the songs that make August feel like August.

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Jana Gana Mana

National Anthem of India

Stand up. Fifty-two seconds that belong to everyone.

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Standing for the anthem is a habit worth keeping — even at a desk, even alone.

Rabindranath Tagore · 1911

Jana gana mana adhinayaka jaya he

Bharata bhagya vidhata

Punjab Sindh Gujarat Maratha

Dravida Utkala Banga

Vindhya Himachala Yamuna Ganga

Uchchala jaladhi taranga

Tava shubha name jage

Tava shubha ashisha mage

Gahe tava jaya gatha

Jana gana mangala dayaka jaya he

Bharata bhagya vidhata

Jaya he, jaya he, jaya he

Jaya jaya jaya, jaya he

Adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 24 January 1950. Fifty-two seconds, one sentence long, and it still stops a whole country mid-step.