Road side Romeos of college surely are aware about the female shoe power, but this time the power of pen is seeking assistance from the might of the shoe. The journalist Jarnail Singh who threw the shoe at Honourable Home Minister of India at a press conference was angry that the minister was escaping his questions about the recent discharge of the politician who is accused of leading anti-Sikh riots in 1984.
Show throwing is getting the trend of the day as a mark of public protest. What can you expect from the people who are always being made fool. If the system does not address the grievance of the common man, aggravation will flourish. Our politicians are too busy with their own rather than to look after the public grievances.
Sikhs distributed sweets to mark the defiant act of a journalist from their community. Almost all the elite who have some thoughts to share on the issue will agree that it was wrong to demonstrate ones protest or his feelings in the way it was done It creates a line that divides professional journalism from such nasty acts.
But the question remains, Do more shoes need to be thrown before people get justice?
On the lighter note, some people will definitely agree with me that we Indians have also achieved the benchmark that our leaders can also be bombarded with the shoe like The US Ex-President, I am sure Mr. Home Minister must be feeling all haughtiness to be compared with the US president. On the other hand It is really disappointing that standing hardly five feet away from the minister, the poor journalist missed his target, It is quite obvious that the chap needs some more practice. While so many shoes have been already thrown in recent past but it is imperative to note down so as to no one has actually been hit as yet.
The Iraqi journalist Munthader Zaiidi who discovered this tradition probably got the closest to target. It was surprising to know from the news on this issue that claims the general public is quite disappointed because most of these journalists missed their target. If this tendency continues I am sure very soon there will be a semester in journalism studies that will instruct to fling shoes. By that time this practice should be avoided, especially those who are poor in the skill. Visit the Kroma to improvise your skill.
I read this somewhere:
The Americans send their freaks to American Idol. The British send their freaks to Big Brother. We send our freaks to Parliament.
Right or wrong, the politicians now know there worth in the eyes of a common or. Joote marna is a the lowest ebb of denouncment in the sub-continent. I salute this gutsy sardar for his action.