Jammu, Sept. 7: Vande Mataram had created a dilemma. Sare Jahan Se Achcha showed the way out.

Some Muslim scholars had suggested the community’s children skip school today to avoid either violating Islamic tenets by singing the national song, or risk appearing unpatriotic by refusing to sing.

But they went, and the schools asked them to sing Sare Jahan Se Achcha.