[Reader-list] Rs 1 lakh slipper, to be re-auctioned online

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 *Delhi:* It would have been a proud moment for Muntazer al-Zaidi.

One of the followers of the journalist, from Iraq's Al-Baghdadia channel who
pioneered the shoe movement by throwing it on former US president George
Bush, won a whopping Rs 1.01 lakh for a slipper hurled at
author-turned-activist Arundhati Roy.

The slipper, which was auctioned at Jantar Mantar on Thursday, would be put
under the hammer again. This time online.

"This is the third most famous piece of footwear after the ones thrown at
George Bush and Chinese prime minister Wen Jiabao. But I bought this as a
symbolic protest against traitors like Arundahti Roy," said Amitabh Kumar,
30, who offered the highest bid for the slipper.