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Say hello to Manvendra Singh Gohl, the only son of the King and Queen of India. And he’s gay!
Never mind the gay part but King and Queen of India? The last time any monarch even claimed to hold that title was when Ashoka was battling his conscience. Sonia responds appropriately when she says, ” Proving again that too many Americans know nothing about the world, and want to keep it that way.” And of course, we shouldn’t expect any more from sources like Perez who generate fluff news. Where did Perez get that piece of ridiculous information? It was from an ABC News report that mentions this non-story:
Singh Gohil is a prince, the son of the maharajah — Indian royalty from a dynasty that is more than 600 years old. Today, though India is a democracy, the Singh Gohils are still honored as if they ruled the land.
I imagine he read this bit of news and thought India is one big homogeneous chunk of land still ruled by one monarch. After all, history books are for wusses, right? I am sure he isn’t aware that hardly anyone in India apart from those who are apparently still honoring the Singh Gohils has heard of them. The least he could have done is Googled the so-called Prince of India. I did and found only one reference to him (that Google deemed valid) and guess what, it pointed to a link which was written in reference to the Perez Hilton story. I am sure if he truly was the Prince of India, our dear Indian media would have flooded the Internets with the news of his inane habits and possessions. Heck, even a forgotten also-ran Bollywood actress has more Google juice (and hence exists). So Mr. Perez, please continue with your celebrity reporting but at least Google them first to see if they really are celebrities.
I am not even commenting on the ABC News story which seems to be written by a soap opera fan obsessed with the exoticism of the East. </rant>
by Patrix | on Friday, July 6th, 2007 at 5:53 pm | 
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July 6th, 2007 at 7:24 pm reply
Hehe! Exactly what I thought when it read it via IU.
Btw, why were you Googling Pratibha Sinha?! :)
July 7th, 2007 at 12:43 am reply
Piker, no re! I wasn’t googling Pratibha Sinha…just thought of an also-ran ‘heroine’ from the early nineties and looked her up :)
July 7th, 2007 at 1:35 am reply
“our dear Indian media would have flooded the Internets with the news of his inane habits and possessions”
Indian Media has already covered this news long before.
I read coverage about this Prince in Gujarat Samachar One of the Oldest & largest selling news paper. He is (was) Prince of Rajpipal in Gujarat.
July 7th, 2007 at 2:35 am reply
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1018219
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/crossing_continents/6545321.stm
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1672539.cms
You could not find this links because U typed wrong surname
“gohl”. Gohil is the correct spelling.
July 7th, 2007 at 10:22 am reply
Paras, must commend on you on standing up for the Indian media. They definitely do not fall behind in the reporting the inane news. And thanks for the typo check. Guess Perez Hilton should accused of that too. Still Gohil is more widely known because of his sexual orientation than anything else.