The Rise of the Shoe-ice Bomber

A brilliantly satirical piece by Sainath.I had no idea the man had this talent in him. Replete with puns:

 

The Rise Of The Shoe-cide Bomber

 

By P. Sainath

 

09 April, 2009
Counterpunch

 

When Muntader al-Zaidi hurled one shoe then another at George Bush in Baghdad last year, he couldn’t have foreseen the fallout. Doubtless inspired by the Iraqi journalist, Jarnail Singh, a veteran Delhi reporter, tossed his shoe -- a solid Reebok trainer -- at Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram. Jarnail works for the Hindi newspaper, dainik jagran (The Daily Awakening). For the Home Minister, it was a rude awakening. Jarnail Singh was miffed with the Congress Party for fielding two tainted candidates from parliamentary constituencies in Delhi in our ongoing national elections.

 

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