Will Taj Mahal make it to the Final New 7 Wonders of the World?
As the voting for the New 7 Wonders of the World heats up, the day has finally arrived. Today being the last day of voting and results will be declared tomorrow at Lisbon, Portugal. All Indians are having their fingers crossed for having the Taj Mahal among one of the New 7 Wonders.
Video: New 7 Wonders Finalists.
As of 7th June, 2007; Taj Mahal was ranked at number 10.
After a lot of promotions and campaigning in India to vote Online and SMS "TAJ" to 4567, it has been at a very later stage.
Moreover, I feel that the awareness in India has been coming up at the last moment since last few months to keep voting or should we call it our over-confidence?
Though it sounds like the Taj Mahal is among the leaders;
Rome's Colosseum, China's Great Wall, Peru's Machu Picchu, India's Taj Mahal and Jordan's Petra have been among the leaders since January while the Acropolis and the Statue of Christ Redeemer made their way up from the middle of the field to the top level, according to the most recent tallies. The United States' Statue of Liberty and Australia's Sydney Opera House have been sitting in the bottom 10 since the start.
Taj is still not doing well.
But, the lack of enthusiasm in India to vote for the 17th-Century Taj Mahal has been striking.
India has around 170 million mobile phone users and one person in every 50 has access to a personal computer.
But lacklustre voting over the past few months has seen the Taj Mahal get just enough votes to get at the bottom of the top 10 list.
Until a few weeks ago, there was virtually no information about the campaign.
Although some private television channels are now calling upon people to vote, most people are yet to hear about the campaign.
Waiting for tomorrow's results. Will TAJ make it among the 7?
Ek Mohobbat- One Love (song by: A. R. Rahman)
A tribute to Taj Mahal
Now that's refreshing!
Video: New 7 Wonders Finalists.
As of 7th June, 2007; Taj Mahal was ranked at number 10.
After a lot of promotions and campaigning in India to vote Online and SMS "TAJ" to 4567, it has been at a very later stage.
Moreover, I feel that the awareness in India has been coming up at the last moment since last few months to keep voting or should we call it our over-confidence?
Though it sounds like the Taj Mahal is among the leaders;
Rome's Colosseum, China's Great Wall, Peru's Machu Picchu, India's Taj Mahal and Jordan's Petra have been among the leaders since January while the Acropolis and the Statue of Christ Redeemer made their way up from the middle of the field to the top level, according to the most recent tallies. The United States' Statue of Liberty and Australia's Sydney Opera House have been sitting in the bottom 10 since the start.
Taj is still not doing well.
But, the lack of enthusiasm in India to vote for the 17th-Century Taj Mahal has been striking.
India has around 170 million mobile phone users and one person in every 50 has access to a personal computer.
But lacklustre voting over the past few months has seen the Taj Mahal get just enough votes to get at the bottom of the top 10 list.
Until a few weeks ago, there was virtually no information about the campaign.
Although some private television channels are now calling upon people to vote, most people are yet to hear about the campaign.
Waiting for tomorrow's results. Will TAJ make it among the 7?
Ek Mohobbat- One Love (song by: A. R. Rahman)
A tribute to Taj Mahal
Now that's refreshing!
Labels: 7 Wonders, A.R.Rahman, India, Taj Mahal
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