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Making the pen sexier than Ash Here’s how the global media covered the Abhishek-Aishwarya engagement. A few headlines that were splashed all over the world media in case you didn’t know. I just wish the scribes that take pride in covering all the glitz, open their eyes on, say, the suicides of debt-ridden farmers, the hapless child labourers of Sivakasi and the rapes of ever-vulnerable Dalit women of rural India too, once in a while for the world to know. I just bloody wish. Heregoes: Bollywood stars to wed London Free Press , Canada Bollywood's Aishwarya Rai to wed BBC News , UK Five facts on Bollywood’s hottest couple Daily Times, Pakistan Bollywood's own 'royal' wedding Scotsman, UK Bollywood's 'Brangelina' engaged CNN Top Bollywood stars get engaged New Zealand Herald , New Zealand Abhishek and Aishwarya put end to rumours, get engaged Reuters Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai to wed this year

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