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Foot Fetish

17 January, 2008 by Amit Varma

If there was an award for bad wordplay, this headline from Rediff would be a strong contender:

Soon in India: A shoe to boot terror’s footprint

While you’re at it, the comments there are quite stunning as well. And what’s with the massive font-size of the photo credit at the bottom?

(Link via email from Andy.)

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Amit Varma is a writer and podcaster based in Mumbai. He has been a journalist since 2001, and won the Bastiat Prize for Journalism in 2007 and 2015. He writes the blog India Uncut and hosts the weekly podcast, The Seen and the Unseen.

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