Patriotic Fool
Before they take off the link (I hope not! :D ), I'd like to share a story from CNN-IBN Live which says Taj may not make it to the 7 wonders of the new world. Apparently, there is this new online based survey to find the new 7 wonders. CNN-IBN editor Divisha Gupta thinks Taj is at risk. Divisha says that Taj is at 20th place as of now and we have only 1 more year to vote to top 7. From the New7Wonders website, I do not see any "as-of-now" rankings yet. I wonder how she found it. All I saw (and she may have seen) was an ALPHABETICAL list of "wonders" listed. Apparently, Taj starts with a "T" and is 20th on the list.
ROTL!!!!
I can't believe they have such editors in their news agency. Hahahahaha!
Seven Wonders list: No wah Taj
Editor: Divisha Gupta
ibnlive.com
Posted Thursday , August 03, 2006 at 15:49
Updated Thursday , August 03, 2006 at 16:07
New Delhi: Taj Mahal represents eternal love, inspires many a poet’s imagination and has been immortalised in cinema as well.
But all these might not really boost the white-marble architectural wonder’s chances of making it to the Seven Wonders of the World. What can help are some mouse-clicks and a lot of good wishes.
The odds - going by an international online poll to choose the Seven Wonders of the World - aren’t exactly tilted in India’s favour.
The campaign initiated in September 1999 by New7Wonders website to choose the Seven Wonders of the World, is nearing culmination and the top 21 finalists have been shortlisted out of the initial 77 contestants.
The website comes up with periodic ratings based on the polls cast by those registered with it, and if the June ratings are anything to go by, Taj Mahal needs quite a bit of backing and mouse-clicks.
Taj ranks a lowly number 20 on the popularity charts below the Statue of Liberty (US) and Sydney’s Opera House (Australia).
This international campaign is in its final stage throughout 2006 and the results of the poll would be made public in a grand, global live telecast on July 7, 2007 – 07.07.07 – an interestingly apt date for the Official Declaration.
Here is your chance to root for India and get Taj on top. Register now and vote for Taj Mahal at www.new7wonders.com.
You may have read about them in schoolbooks, would have surely watched educative documentaries about them and may have perhaps even visited them and wondered at their architectural marvel. Now here’s your chance to be a part of history in the making by participating in what’s arguably one of the biggest polls of recent times. You have an opportunity to vote for the Seven Wonders of the World from among the following top 21 finalists:
The 21 finalists are some of man’s grandest creations and have been drawn from geographically diverse countries.
Acropolis, Athens, Greece
Alhambra, Granada, Spain
Angkor, Cambodia
Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico
Christ Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Colosseum, Rome, Italy
Easter Island Statues, Chile
Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
Great Wall, China
Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey
Kyomizu Temple, Kyoto, Japan
Kremlin/St.Basil's, Moscow, Russia
Machu Picchu, Peru
Neuschwanstein Castle, F�ssen, Germany
Petra, Jordan
Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
Statue of Liberty, New York, USA
Stonehenge, Amesbury, United Kingdom
Sydney Opera House, Australia
Taj Mahal, India
Timbuktu, Mali
ROTL!!!!
I can't believe they have such editors in their news agency. Hahahahaha!
Seven Wonders list: No wah Taj
Editor: Divisha Gupta
ibnlive.com
Posted Thursday , August 03, 2006 at 15:49
Updated Thursday , August 03, 2006 at 16:07
New Delhi: Taj Mahal represents eternal love, inspires many a poet’s imagination and has been immortalised in cinema as well.
But all these might not really boost the white-marble architectural wonder’s chances of making it to the Seven Wonders of the World. What can help are some mouse-clicks and a lot of good wishes.
The odds - going by an international online poll to choose the Seven Wonders of the World - aren’t exactly tilted in India’s favour.
The campaign initiated in September 1999 by New7Wonders website to choose the Seven Wonders of the World, is nearing culmination and the top 21 finalists have been shortlisted out of the initial 77 contestants.
The website comes up with periodic ratings based on the polls cast by those registered with it, and if the June ratings are anything to go by, Taj Mahal needs quite a bit of backing and mouse-clicks.
Taj ranks a lowly number 20 on the popularity charts below the Statue of Liberty (US) and Sydney’s Opera House (Australia).
This international campaign is in its final stage throughout 2006 and the results of the poll would be made public in a grand, global live telecast on July 7, 2007 – 07.07.07 – an interestingly apt date for the Official Declaration.
Here is your chance to root for India and get Taj on top. Register now and vote for Taj Mahal at www.new7wonders.com.
You may have read about them in schoolbooks, would have surely watched educative documentaries about them and may have perhaps even visited them and wondered at their architectural marvel. Now here’s your chance to be a part of history in the making by participating in what’s arguably one of the biggest polls of recent times. You have an opportunity to vote for the Seven Wonders of the World from among the following top 21 finalists:
The 21 finalists are some of man’s grandest creations and have been drawn from geographically diverse countries.
Acropolis, Athens, Greece
Alhambra, Granada, Spain
Angkor, Cambodia
Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico
Christ Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Colosseum, Rome, Italy
Easter Island Statues, Chile
Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
Great Wall, China
Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey
Kyomizu Temple, Kyoto, Japan
Kremlin/St.Basil's, Moscow, Russia
Machu Picchu, Peru
Neuschwanstein Castle, F�ssen, Germany
Petra, Jordan
Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
Statue of Liberty, New York, USA
Stonehenge, Amesbury, United Kingdom
Sydney Opera House, Australia
Taj Mahal, India
Timbuktu, Mali
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