27.08.06 Celebrating centenaries are natural because memories of things kicked-off a hundred years ago and having gripped imaginations during the period, or at least in some phase of it or other, deserves to be recalled for us to revive the spirit of its momentous climaxes. So to celebrate Vande Mataram's centenary is natural enough. But should there be forced participation? No, particularly not in India, with its culture of freedom.