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Independence Day special: How Rang De Basanti's title track turns nature into a metaphor for freedom

There is something about Rang De Basanti's title track that makes patriotism feel less like a slogan and more like something that lives around us. The song does not begin with grand declarations. Instead, it reaches for the soil, the wind, the breath and the blood. It takes things that are part of everyday life and turns them into images of love for the country.