Lessons from a shoe

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Jairnal Singh's throwing a shoe at Chidambaram has raised too many issues. Media ethics, anti-Sikh riots. Almost every media house and politician has blamed this act of the journalist. Politicians didn't like it but the way they put their views forward, (BJP and SP) proves that they are trying to gain political mileage. Almost everyone said that they condemn this act of Jairnal Singh, but also linked it to the emotions of 1984 Sikh Riot victims. Everyone knew that condemning Jarnail Singh alone might cost them Sikh votes given that the election is only about a month away. This issue has once again raised the spectre of 1984 riots for Congress, and more specifically, for Jagdish Tytler who has not only got a clean chit from CBI, but also has ticket to to the polls. Now this incident has forced the Congress to reconsider the decision of....