Now that slapping ministers and others in the limelight is
becoming fashionable and it goes unpunished, I feel emboldened to declare a
list of persons whom I would like to slap.
A slap with a thud to Jitendra Awhad and others for setting
many wrong precedents in public life and for causing public nuisance.
A hard slap to Rahul Gandhi for making indiscreet remarks
not once but twice!
And a gentle tap to Kiran Bedi on her cheeks [one must show
some consideration to ladies] for defending the indefensible. And to Mayawati
for .....you know what!
A slap to Harvinder Singh, the man who slapped Sukhram and Sharad
Pawar for not slapping Laloo Prasad. He seems to prefer persons whose names
begin with ‘S.’ Did you get me?
And slaps to Paes and Bhupati for constantly quarrelling instead
of playing good tennis.
And two hard ones to Vinod Kambli for keeping quiet so long......
And I am not sure whether I should slap Ratan Tata for
making a farce of the successor selection process, there is some honesty and
some timidity.
A pappi also to Anna Hazare for asking ‘Only one slap?’
after hearing the news of the assault on Pawar; and a hard slap for condemning the
attack thereafter, and for being more political and not authentic!
And finally one hard one to myself for not slapping these
people.
Vivek