Update Google added a doodle marking Indian Independence Day after a huge hue and cry was raised in Social Media.
It shows India’s national bird, the peacock, on the Google home page on India’s Independence Day. The peacock curves its neck backwards to form the ‘G’ of the Google logo. The other letters of the Google logo appear in ornate styling behind the peacock’s plume.
For Google it is no Independence Day in India.Unlike past 9 years Google didnot post a special doodle to mark India’s Independence Day on August 15. Interestingly it did celebrate Pakistan Independence Day by posting a special doodle on its homepage.
On Pakistan’s Independence Day, Google posted a doodle, imitating the style of Pakistan’s famous truck art. This was the second time that Google doodled Pakistan’s Independence Day. The first was in 2011.
Was this due to recent India’s Goverment’s attempt to put a control over its operations filter Social Media ?
Three other countries share August 15 as their Independence Day – Bahrain, South Korea and Republic of the Congo. Google has posted an Independence Day doodle on its South Korean home page.