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In a desperate attempt to save her image and career Jade Goody is now planning to come to India after receiving the invitation from India tourism. However, the government is in a dilemma whether they should give her visa. They are afraid of people making problem regarding her visit. Indian Tourism Minister Ambika Soni said that she invited her to participate in some of the wellness programmes in India to get cured. She also added that Goody would not be treated as any special guest but like a normal tourist. Daily India reports:

The Indian government Thursday clarified that the controversial British TV star Jade Goody, accused of hurling racist abuses at Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty, would not be an official guest if she visits the country, but could come and ‘cleanse’ herself.

Goody, who has reportedly approached the Indian high commission in Britain for a visa after the country’s tourism office invited her, can visit India ‘just like any other tourist’, said Tourism Minister Ambika Soni.

‘It (the advertisement appeared in London newspapers inviting Goody to India) was an open invitation. It was asking her to come and see the wellness facilities we have here and that she could come and clear herself of the racist feelings she has,’ Soni told reporters here.

Reports suggested that Goody’s acceptance of the invitation had put the government in a dilemma over playing host to her after New Delhi officially expressed its displeasure at her racist remarks during the Channel 4 reality TV show ‘Celebrity Big Brother’.

But Soni clarified that there was no official invitation for the British TV star.

One of Shilpa’s friends Divya Puri commented about Goody’s tour:

“Why come over in such a blaze of publicity? It would clearly be a PR stunt,” Divya told The Mirror. “She should come over quietly in six months and not make a fuss, then we’ll know she is genuine.”

Another report published in Times of India, says that government’s invitation to Goody was unnecessary as she has already visited the country. In April 2006, Goody came to the state of Gujarat to visit a glass factory. Pragati Glass at that time received an order from a UK firm, Jean Christian to produce perfume bottles. The company had produced 500,000 Shh perfume bottles of 100 ml capacity an additional 200,000 in the last six months. Goody was the brand ambassador of the perfume name “Shh.” She also had an agreement with Jean Christan that he would receive 40% of the profit. After Goody’s racist comment the firm ordered Pragati to stop the production. After hearing about the event the employees of Pragati were hurt.

After all these, THE MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION IS “SHOULD JADE GOODY VISIT INDIA AND APPOLOGISE TO THE PEOPLE FOR HER BEHAVIOR?” what do you think?

Indian tourism office in Britain invited Goody and her other friends who have abused Shilpa Shetty to come to India and experience the healing nature of the country. Hindustan Times reports:

India just cannot get over its Gandhigiri hangover. The India Tourism office in London has invited Jade Goody and her friends who have been tormenting Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty in a British reality TV show to visit India and experience the country’s “healing nature”.

In an open letter addressed to Goody and her friends through advertisements in leading London dailies, including The Times and The Guardian, the India Tourism said, “Once your current commitments are over, may we invite you to experience the healing nature of India. We have a modern thriving culture and offer an amazing wealth of sights and sounds, tastes and textures making our country a place like no other.”

It didn’t matter that Goody and her friends are cocooned on the show with no access to newspapers and so, did not get to see its ad.

But that shouldn’t matter. After all that sniffles and abuses, there were hugs and kisses as the contestants apologised to Shilpa for the alleged racist attacks and Shilpa said she had forgiven them.

Jade Goody, the defamed Big Brother STAR!!! is going through a tough time. This twenty five year old dental nurse worked in three television series for Living TV. Now, the channel has decided to stop working with her. She lost her endorsements. Worst of all, when she returned home, she found out that the window glasses have been smashed by angry people. In an interview with Matthew Wright she told that she has been thinking about visiting India.

Shilpa Shetty and Jade Goody are now making it to the front pages of all the major news paper in East and West. Both of them are getting lots of positive and negative supports from people of many countries. Looking at their rising popularity Indian film director Shashilal K Nair is planning to make a film where Jade and Shilpa would play the leading role.The Hindu quoted:

Shashilal K Nair, with more than ten Bollywood films to his credit, thinks Celebrity Big Brother enemies Goody and Shetty have what it takes for a box-office smash.

And the award-winning film-maker hopes that the fiery arguments between the housemates that triggered a race row will translate into big bucks on the big screen. Nair, whose films include the controversial ‘Ek Chhotisi Love Story’, told newsmen last night, “I have a script which I would like to cast for them. I can’t reveal much about the plot but it is quite funny and they would be the main protagonists. I am meeting Shilpa’s mother on Friday and I will speak with Jade’s agent in a couple of days. Shilpa and I have been friends for a long time.”

He said the plot would be 80 per cent fighting and 20 per cent friendship and is convinced that Jade has what it takes. “She was brilliant in Big Brother and after I watched the interviews with her I saw there are two sides to her. The side that was crying and the side that made someone cry. I think she has potential.”

Now, the million dollar question: Do you think after what they had been through together, would Jade and Shilpa be able to work together? That’s for us to see and Mr. Nair to find out!!!

Jade Goody might have been an obscuring name out of UK until last week but thanks to her alleged racist comments against Shilpa Shetty in the celebrity show, Big Brother UK, she has become one of the most familiar names in the media today. Just open every big TV channel- BBC, CNN, Sky TV- you will see the face of Jade Goody. She has been voted out of Big Brother UK for her bad behavior but she is still making the media headlines in and around of UK and India.

There has been a strong back lash against Goody in UK. Thousands of people complained against her behavior. Sponsors are now backing out of her. Even Gordon Brown, the British Chancellor of the Exchequer, spoke against her misconduct. It seems that she is losing a lot because of her bad behavior against Shilpa Shetty. Wrong! Yes, if you think this way then I must say that you are dead wrong.

Why? Just think of what stars crave for- media limelight and publicity. And, believe me, Jade Goody has got too much of that in the last 10 days. Just do a Google search on her name and you will end up with about 2,500,000 search results. That amount of result for a person who is relatively unknown outside of UK. I was going through the Wikipedia entry on Jade Goody. Her fame and income seems to be entirely concentrated in the UK. Thanks to the controversy in Big Brother now, she is a celebrity in the international stage. I think that this is her best achievement. Don’t believe me? Just check out Washington Post. Brits Oust `Brother’ Racism-Row Figure- this is the report published in Washington Times.

British bully of Bollywood queen battered by backlash- published in Gulf Times. So, Jade Goody is now a familiar name in all the continents on earth.

After few weeks, the storm in the tea cup will die down both in the UK and India and then Jade Goody will feature in the media as a celebrity. Most people will even forget her abuse of Shilpa Shetty (the fans have extremely short memory when it comes to the negative sides of the celebrities). Jade will become richer and more famous.

I do not know if Jade Goody has abused Shilpa intentionally or not but I have to say that Jade will get the best benefit out of this controversy. She has apologized and this would really make her the good guy to her fans. So, she just needs to continue this good guy and repentant image and then make the best out of her new found publicity.