Former IPL chief Lalit Modi fell for it. So did TV host Mandira Bedi, singer Shreya Ghoshal, filmmaker Tarun Mansukhani and actors Uday Chopra and Sameera Reddy.
All these people, and several others on Monday celebrated on Twitter the naming ofJana Gana Mana as the “world’s best national anthem” by the UNESCO. Only that it turned out to be a hoax.
The news, which started doing the rounds through a spam email, was tweeted by many celebs. Both Modi and Mansukhani posted, “Proud to be Indian.”
Modi soon rectified their mistake. “Told the unesco voting is a rumour. Nevertheless, I feel we have the best anthem,” he said. Bedi, too, echoed, “I love my national anthem. It does deserve to be top of any list & if there has been no such poll to put us there, maybe there should be!”
While Reddy tried to check from her Twitter followers whether the news was true, Ghoshal apologised to hers on learning the truth. “It seems the national anthem thing is a hoax. Apologies to all.”
2 comments:
Hey Karishma , i have seen a lot of blog's dedicated to Shreya , but urs is a little different than the others! You have added an extra bit of news and gossips in ur blog, which are very interesting to read along with the reviews of her songs! This comment comes after a request from ur side, i really apologise for not commenting anything so far . I am not so sure whether shreya has read ur blog, but if she does, i am sure she will be impressed! You have great writting skills, which is evident in ur posts, considering the fact that ur a Mass media and Comm student! It was really nice reading all ur posts and i hope that u will continue this good work in future too. . . . Thats it from my side. . Thank you! Lots of lov!! God bless you:)
thankx dude.
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