http://divanee.com/2011/12/13/at-greendale-school-districts-holiday-show-a-hindu-song-sparks-controversy/
GREENDALE, WISCONSIN, December 13, 2011: In a pivotal scene from the 2001 movie “Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham”, Shahrukh Khan and Kajol’s on-screen son leads his British classmates in a rendition of the Indian national anthem “Jana Gana Mana”. The scene culminates in every parent standing with their hands on their hearts, peculiarly recognizing a foreign country’s anthem. But when concerning a holiday concert at the Greendale School District in Greendale, WI, the response to a Hindu devotional song was not so favorable.
Elementary children were to sing “Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram”, the devotional song made famous by Gandhi and his followers during the Salt March to Dandi. When a few parents filed complaints about some of the song’s religious content, it was promptly pulled from the concert program. Other multicultural songs, such as “Feliz Navidad”, a Hebrew devotional song “Hava Nagila” and a Kwanza song, remained untouched.
Now other parents are protesting the decision, calling it “thinly-veiled racism” to single out one religious song and not the others-if one song is offensive, the entire multicultural theme should be scrapped. The school district argued that it received no complaints about the other songs, and backed its decision by stating they did not want children to have to sit out of any musical numbers their parents forbade them from participating in.