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India Today Features Friends Without Borders
Published 15 March 2006 Friends Without Borders , India , Service Leave a CommentTags: Friends Without Borders, friendship letters, India, India Today, Pakistan, peace project
Fame
Published 22 February 2006 Art & Culture , Friends Without Borders , India , Service Leave a CommentTags: Aasma, Apeejay School, Ashwaria Rai, Bollywood, celebrities, celebrity, chief guest, fame, felicities, India, John Silliphant, Kyuki, Lisa D'Costa, Magna Publishing, Mahindra & Mahindra, Mark Jacobs, Naseer, Pakistan, Paris Hilton, peace project, Stardust, Wankhede, World's largest Love Letter, Yoo-Mi Lee
“Is she a model?” Lisa D’Costa with a fan.
All the world has a prurient, voyeuristic fascination with celebrity. In America, the process is so well-advanced that fame is self-reflexive and self-fulfilling. People like Paris Hilton, though lacking any talent or meaningful social value, are considered “famous for being famous.”
But India far outstrips even the American love of the famous. Americans thrill when chance allows them to brush-up against celebrities; Indians crave such opportunities. No event in India should take place without the “felicities” of a celebrity. And if the famous can’t make an appearance, the demi-famous will have to do.
Scenes from the Mumbai Press Conference
Published 15 February 2006 Friends Without Borders , India , Service Leave a CommentTags: Bombay, Friends Without Borders, friendship letters, Mahindra, Mumbai, peace project, pen pals, press conference, World's largest Love Letter
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