I am glad Taj made it to the list….does that make me sound a bit less cool? I really dont mind 
Its a personal choice for me as it is the first among the only two monuments I have seen in the whole list. I saw it when I was less pretentious( ) and I had fell in love with it at the first sight. I had wondered whether it would really be worth it after the dirty Agra gullies and even a dirtier Fatehpur Sikri (as some fair was going on at Sheikh Salim Chisti’s tomb when we visited) and I was too young to have caught up with the “Being there done that” notion. But all the scepticism got blown with the wind when i first set my eyes on it…I had tears in my eyes.
It could be the beauty of the monument along with the story behind it ( which I had fallen for…thanks to my age!) . Any ways, I am happy I saw it then…today, after 7 years, I think i wouldnot have felt the same.
With regards to the voting I did, I confess I was not fair. For rest of the monuments, I voted for the grandeur and the age . But for the two I had seen ( that includes The Statue of Liberty as well which I have seen numerous times) , it was a personal choice( and I am sad the Lady didnot make it to the list ). To be honest, I have not seen a single pic or replica that has done justice to both of them. I am sure it is same for all monuments. I know its just not fair, but still…….
Wah Taj !!!!!
Steve Nash said
Interesting nostalgia …..But atlesat now you know that tieing a thread and making a wish in Salim Chisti’s Dargah doesnt really work out
Dhanush Gopinath said
Sure. Taj made it. But how is a questionable thought. There was this article(http://www.hindu.com/mag/2007/07/29/stories/2007072950020100.htm) in The Hindu a few weeks back, how the committee disregards the Existing 7 Wonders of the world as just ” travel guide for fellow Athenians” and How they made Pyramid of Giza into a honorary member and also How several others lost the race.
I am happy that the Taj made it. But the process was quite ridiculous.
Just my thought