Auld lang syne
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And so, another year has passed. Lots of ups and downs, unexpected
surprises and disappointments and a fairly stagnant year of personal
development with...
The Last Pole
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I stood upon the ruins of what was once a city;
Warsaw is nothing more than a mere wisp of a memory now,
As it was not, ever since they had arrived.
I stare...
It's become a bit of a fad this election season. Yes I'm talking about throwing footwear.
This afternoon, Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa had a slipper hurled at him while addressing an election gathering in Channarayapatna in Hassan district.
The slipper missed its mark but fell on the stage. Chandrashekhar, a resident of Kodihalli, has been arrested by the police. Karnataka's law minister Suresh Kumar said other leaders would have forgiven similar incidents but it seems the CM decided that the police should carry out the necessary action under law to deter others. Looks like the shoe throwers' luck has just run out.
Frankly, the whole flying footwear protest thing is getting a bit boring. Think of something else guys, be innovative. ;-) Just kidding. Kids, don't try this at home (or at election rallies) :D .
In a rather silly slip of tongue, Mr.Advani found himself saying that the US had realised that even "Obama Bin Laden" had a safe place to stash his funds. He went on with his speech without a pause though. This is why one shouldn't get other people to write your speech (especially a BJP Task Force on illegal money ;-) ). And if you do, please do give it a read before you get on stage. If you still get it wrong, I suppose you need better glasses. A few minutes later, an aide passed a bit of paper to the BJP's prime ministerial candidate who corrected himself, "I have been told that I have just made a mistake". (He hadn't realised it till then? Yeah, right).
Advani was speaking at a press conference in Mumbai on April 17th when the above events occurred. Enjoy the video:
Today, my question finds an answer. None other than the saffron party BJP's prime ministerial candidate, L.K. Advani. The flying-footwear fiesta's latest victim had just got on stage at a rally in Katni in Madhya Pradesh, when a slipper was thrown at him.
Amazingly, the thrower was the ex-Katni District President of the BJP, Pavas Agarwal. Apparently, the man was miffed at the way he'd been left on the sidelines thanks to some things that had been happening within the party. He found himself led backstage and escorted away by the police.
And yes, he missed again. SIGH.......
This is my fourth consecutive post relating to shoes being thrown at politicians. Let's see how many more will follow, what with the trend being quite a rage among the people :D .....
So, considering the shoe throws I've mentioned over past weeks, the latest SCORE :
SHOTS - 5 ( 2 shoes thrown at Bush, but it counts as 1) SHOTS ON GOAL - 2 HITS - 0 Accuracy - 40%
What drives some journalists to show throes I wonder? Perhaps its the new 'in-thing'....
Today, Jarnail Singh of Dainik Jagran decided to give it a shot (quite literally) at the Indian Home Minister Mr.P.Chidambaram. He was asking the minister a question about Jagdish Tytler (a Congress leader allegedly involved in the anti-Sikh riots) who had been given a clean chit of late. In the words of Jarnail Singh himself, what he (Mr. Singh) did was perhaps not the right way to go about a protest. The Congress and the Government have decided not to press any charges against him, so he's been let off. Here's a video of the incident. Just look at the expression on Chidambaram's face. Priceless!!
If you're looking for the guy who started this novel (and rather funny method) of protest - you'll find the video below. This of course is the Iraqi shoe-thrower, Mr. al-Zaidi. In the middle of the news conference, (a royally pissed-off) Iraqi television journalist Muntadar al-Zaidi stood up and shouted "this is a goodbye kiss from the Iraqi people, dog,", hurled one shoe and then followed it up with "This is for the widows and orphans and all those killed in Iraq." before hurling another size-10 at (then) American President George W. Bush. And boy, what an awesome throw. And George Bush's first dodge was like Keanu Reeves from the Matrix. Cool!
Doesn't quite appear to be too effective though, given that: 1. Neither thrower has hit their target. 2. Though Mr. Singh was let off lightly, al-Zaidi was handed a 3-year jail sentence.
Lets wait till reporters of the fairer sex take this up as a hobby, then it'll be high heels ...... ouch!!! When that happens, I sure wouldn't want to be in any world leaders' shoes (no pun intended). One thing that bugs me, though. Why do these guys always miss ;-) ?
