amalaam atulaam Sujalaam suphalaam Maataram Vande Mataram Shyaamalaam saralaam susmitaam bhuushhitaam Dharaniim bharaniim Maataram *** Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (1838 - 1894) wrote the lyrics of Vande Mataram , or at least the first two stanzas of the song, much before he penned Anandamath, his novel celebrating the sanyasi uprising against the tyrannical