蜜芽传媒

Every cinema in India must play the national anthem before a film is screened with the audience standing in respect, the Supreme Court has ruled. The judgement asserted that this would instill "a sense of committed patriotism and nationalism鈥� in Indians. But will it work? Dan Damon asked the former UK Arts Minister and now music critic, David Mellor, to compare the national anthem of India with other countries.

(Photo: Indian school children salute as they stand to attention and sing the Indian national anthem in Hyderabad in 2012; Credit: AFP/Getty Images)