Taj Mahal: Above all lists

“Taj Mahal ko kisi list ki kya zarroorat ? (Does the Taj Mahal need any list ?),” ask people at Agra disdainfully. I had recently visited the city to gauge the mood there, ahead of the announcement of the New 7 Wonders list, initiated by a private Swedish organisation. UNESCO had dissociated itself from the list although people in India were being extolled to vote for the Taj in the name of national pride. Majority of the people that I spoke to, in Agra had SMSed their support, but they were skeptical of the impact such a list would have on the monument. And, they had a point. After all, when you are standing before it, there is little else to say but exclaim, “Wah, Taj!” And, no list is probably ever going to change that.

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