The New 7 Wonders Revealed!
After much hype and months of voting, the New 7 Wonders of the world were finally revealed today in Lisbon, Portugal. The event was a massive affair with hosts Ben Kingsley,Hillary Swank, and our very Bipasha Basu. I claimed my vote several months ago and was thrilled to bits when our very own Taj Mahal was revealed as one of the 7 wonders. Yes yes, my Indianta jaagofied and goose bumps tickled my skin. So? Whats the big deal? Taj Mahal has been on the “unofficial list” for a long time, no? Why do I have to go out and prove and vote for Taj? We know its good enough!?True that, but it never got the international attention that it will now get. The tagline throughout the show was “Our heritage is our future” and apna heritage would have slowly given away to pollution, corrupt government maintenance, etc etc.
However, this global event(or such) was not devoid of its own share of controversies Continue Reading »