THE SHOE THROWING FETISH

We Indians are quick at aping the worst features of global culture - the incident of shoe throwing at Bush is a case in point. Whereas , shoes were hurled at Bush and the Chinese premier outside their countries - as a protest against their dictatorial attitudes -in India , where we have a functional democracy (even if ineffective ) there is no such scenario and hence no place for these gimmicks. Furthermore , after the initial incidents, there has been no recurrence in the west while in India it has triggered a chain reaction. If only we could imbibe some of the positive aspects of the west!