Doctor Shilpa Shetty

(((Obligatory Beyond the Beyond Bollywood diversion after all those heat-waves, power failures and rampant criminality.)))

Link: Meet Doctor Shilpa Shetty.

News around Shilpa Shetty just doesn’t stop flowing. (((Boy, that's for sure. The woman's a global publicity machine.))) And this time the buzz is about a doctor’s degree that has been conferred upon Shilpa Shetty by the Leeds University for her outstanding contribution to cultural diversity.

The University has, in the past, honoured prominent Indian personalities who contributed to India’s emergence as a fast developing cinema-proud nation during its 60th year of freedom struggle, a spokeswoman of the University said.

Mangalore-born Shilpa Shetty is the youngest actor from the Indian film fraternity to join ranks of Amitabh Bachchan, Shabana Azmi and Yash Chopra who have been earlier chosen for the honour....

(((Dr. Shetty radiates satisfaction as she teaches everybody else a well-deserved lesson:)))