Celebs says WAH TAJ
Contributor July 11th, 2007
Ghulam Ali and Bipasha Basu share their joy on Taj Mahal making it to the list.
Euphoria over the Taj Mahal making to the list of the new Seven Wonders of the World, was not just restricted to Indians. Pakistani ghazal maestro Ustad Ghulam Ali, at a concert in Mumbai, joined in the chorus of proud congratulatory messages to the Indian monument built by Emperor Shah Jehan for his wife, Mumtaz.
The ustad, who last week was reluctant to react to Hyderabad Times request for a comment on the Taj (his spokesperson said he can speak about music , but not the Taj, as it would become a political statement ), dedicated one of his famous ghazals to the monument. It was his ode to love and an architectural marvel.
Meanwhile, nothing could deter Bollywood’s Bipasha Basu to host the Seven Wonders Of the World event at Lisbon. Though down with cold and flu, an excited Basu, who announced the name of the Taj Mahal, says “I was a proud Indian on stage at Lisbon. There were 60,000 people there but I was not even the least nervous. I had an attack of the nerves for about a minute but that was that,”she said.