WONDER WHY
Milking phoney patriotism
Times of India — 8th July, 2007
page 15th
Priyanko Sarkar on a comedy called the new seven wonders of the world
   Just hours after this story goes to press, the verdict will be out. In Lisbon, a list of the “New7Wonders� will be announced in a glitzy ceremony. The fortunate monuments will be the winners of an 18-month-long worldwide poll through phones and the Internet. And the fate of the Taj Mahal will be clear. The last few weeks, millions of Indians were implored through various forms of media to vote for the Taj in the interest of national loyalty. It is easy to appeal to the patriotic fervour of Indians, especially when hard work is not involved, but what many did not realise is that the
