FROM: Leeds University PR dept.
"I am emailing from the press office at Leeds University in the UK
regarding the article - Doctor Shilpa Shetty - which appears on your website.
"Your article is incorrect. It was Leeds Metropolitan University and not
Leeds University which conferred a degree on the actress.
"Could you please alter the article as it is wrong. Could you also please print a correction.
"Thanks"
Guy Dixon
Senior Press Officer
Leeds University.
(((Thanks for writing in, Shilpa fan! BEYOND THE BEYOND is eager to correct this careless journalistic error by whoever-it-was we stole that link from! Let it be noted
Dr Shetty has received her latest honorary degree from Leeds METROPOLITAN University, and not – as yet! – from Leeds University.)))
(((In the meantime, swiftly moving from triumph to radiant triumph, Dr. Shetty is soon to receive the "Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Award!"
Congratulations Dr. Shetty! Here at BEYOND THE BEYOND, we'll be watching with our customary keen attention to your blossoming career!)))
One more honour for Shilpa Shetty
01st Aug 2007 11.12 IST
By Agencies
Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty 's tryst with the limelight, after her 'Big Brother' triumph, continues.
After receiving an honorary doctorate from Leeds Metropolitan University (((Shilpa will receive the award at a grand ceremony to be held on August 12 at the National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA), Mumbai, Dale said.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, leader of the Congress Sonia Gandhi, Union Minister of External Affairs Pranab Mukherjee , and Chief Minister of Maharashtra Vilasrao Deshmukh are expected to grace the occasion.
“To be a worldwide achiever at such a young age and bestowed with flattering accolades, is a matter of utmost prestige for Shilpa. She is extremely grateful to be chosen for this honour,” he said.
Instituted by the Bureau of Indian Standards in 1991, the award has been named after late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, recognizing the new thrust he had given to the quality movement in India so that India could move into the 21st Century with pride.
(((To avert any future errors, let's have a lingering look at Dr. Shetty. )))
Dr. Shetty and some minor figure allegedly called "queen of England" (left).
Dr. Shetty and an obscure Tibetan activist named "Gere."
Ardent fans of Dr. Shetty publicly burn one of her British television producers in effigy...
a useful lesson to those who underestimate Dr. Shetty.
The sublimely desktop-friendly Dr. Shilpa:
