Therefore, looking at following picture in Marathi news daily Pudhari पुढारी, I concluded that Priyanka Chopra was the winner of 23rd Vodafone Pune International Marathon that was run on December 7, 2008.
After all in India, there is no limit to what cine-tv-stars, politicians in power and cricketers can achieve.
Reviewing Dietmar Rothermund's account of India for Spectator, WILLIAM LEITH says:
“…India’s media is heading for ad-backed celebrity hell faster, and more comprehensively, than ours (UK’s)…”
Pudhari December 8 2008
p.s. If you read Marathi, notice the sloppiness of the copy above Ms. Chopra. It does not even mention full names of the winners.
Why and when did we reach here?