Bangalore: Watch out your cheeks ministers! Who knows if it’s your turn next to receive a smashing slap on your face! Sharad Pawar is often in news and most of the times for corruption related issues, but this time the Union Agriculture Minister makes news again with a slap that landed on his face by a commoner from the crowd. Now Pawar too joined the league of the elites showered with slaps and shoes by the angry and frustrated young men across the world.

These incidents needles people like Pawar and it’s time for them to brood over the roots causes of the nuisance that provokes the attackers to take up such extreme steps. People like Sharad Pawar are not like drought in India, search for “one” and you will find “two”. Politicians today have turned into the ruling clan in democracy with money powers. But this glare of publicity witnessed the lowest ebb with a slap that Pawar received on his face at a public function in the capitol. The incident has given rise to sadistic pleasure regardless of the fact that the trend of disrespect is picking up pace.

Pawar not being the only public figure to be humiliated, should console himself, as eminent personalities including the Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari and U.S. President George Bush have tasted this experience too.The year 2008 ended with a commotion when Bush visits Iraq. The Iraqi journalist not only addressed him as a “dog” but showered his shoes at him. He bowed at the first shot, and the shoe hit the wall behind. But the journo was not done yet, he threw the second shoe as well but Bush ducked again. No wonder, the assailant was taken into custody, but the incident created jubilation in the country, as throwing shoes at someone is measured a great insult.