I think this act can be interpreted a little differently. Though I am not in favour of such events but one also has to understand where it is all coming from.
Mr. Singh, a journalist by profession is also a common man like you and me. I would rather look at it as an expression of a common man to the games played by our dear politicians. The clean chit being given to Tytler and the hypocrite attitude of the Congress party and other politicians as well when it comes to religious sentiments is just one of the many aspects that has angered the people of India. I wouldn't be surprised rather would be happy if it soon becomes a trend at the election rallies.
So why blame Mr. Singh for what he did. He had a reason, he got a platform and he acted. He didn't waste an opportunity to tell the politicians (in general) that this is what they deserve because the shoe was not aimed at Mr. Chidambaram personally it was against the political fraternity. If they do not want a repeat telecast of this they better get their act right!
Beware dear politicians! People are waking up…
Vibhuti
On Tue, 07 Apr 2009 Prime Point Srinivasan wrote :
>dear friends
>
>Few minutes back today (7th april 2009), when Indian Home Minister P
>Chidambaram was addressing a Press Conference at Congress HQ at Delhi, a
>question was asked by one Jarnail Singh representing Dainik Jagran on the
>issue of 'clean chit' given to Jagadish Tytlar by CBI. The journalist was
>not convinced of the response given by the Home Minister and he started
>arguing in the Press Conference. Chidambaram was telling the journo not to
>argue, but only ask questions. Irked by the response of the Home Minister,
>the journalist threw the shoes on him. Fortunately, it did not fall on him,
>but fell slightly away. The journalist was taken away by the Security
>authorities for investigation.
>
>Members may recall that similar incident happened during the visit of
>President Bush to Iraq. It is very sad that a new trend is showing up
>amongst the media. The jounalist covering the event may differ from the view
>of the authorities. His job is only to report the statement and to ask
>questions.
>
>A communist oriented media person may cover the BJP or vice versa. The
>professional dharma is only to report as it is, even if they differ. The
>media can review the policies of ruling or opposition parties in their
>editorial columns or articles.
>
>When I saw this incident live in the TV, i got really shocked. An Indian
>journalist throwing shoes on Indian Home Minister. In the Bush incident,
>Iraqi media person threw shoes on Bush.
>
>In one of the ealier issues of our ezine PR-e-Sense, we published a cartoon
>drawn by Triambak Sharma. In that cartoon, the organisers were asking all
>media persons to remove the shoes and keep outside the press room. Though,
>it was meant for fun after Bush incident, i am afraid, the fun should not
>become reality.
>
>I invite members to share the views.
>
>Srinivasan
>Moderator
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