{"id":4233,"date":"2009-04-26T20:09:01","date_gmt":"2009-04-26T14:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=3365"},"modified":"2009-04-26T20:09:01","modified_gmt":"2009-04-26T14:39:01","slug":"throw-me-a-shoe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/throw-me-a-shoe\/","title":{"rendered":"Throw Me A Shoe"},"content":{"rendered":"
Manmohan’s been there<\/a>—and Advani too<\/a>. <\/p>\n I think every Indian politician must now aspire to have a shoe thrown at him or her—and, indeed, to plant a shoe-thrower if necessary. Otherwise it could be argued that one is not important enough. <\/p>\n Indeed, imagine if a planted shoe-thrower is caught via a sting operation, and it erupts into a national controversy termed Shoegate. (Or The Sandal Scandal.) Given the pettiness of our politics and the trivialities that our media chases, that would be apt.<\/p>\n *<\/p>\n Earlier<\/b>, on throwing shoes: 1<\/a>, 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Manmohan’s been there<\/a>—and Advani too<\/a>. <\/p>\n I think every Indian politician must now aspire to have a shoe thrown at him or her—and, indeed, to plant a shoe-thrower if necessary. Otherwise it could be argued that one is not important enough. <\/p>\n Indeed, imagine if a planted shoe-thrower is caught via a sting operation, and it erupts into a national controversy termed Shoegate. (Or The Sandal Scandal.) Given the pettiness of our politics and the trivialities that our media chases, that would be apt.<\/p>\n *<\/p>\n Earlier<\/b>, on throwing shoes: 1<\/a>, 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,15,4,17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n