Is Pawar incident a "national insult"?

It is very saddening to hear the news of Mr. Sharad Pawar insulted by Aussie players; not because an Aussie pushed him off the dais but by the way the whole issue is viewed by many and how it is blown out of proportion.

It is totally disgusting to even discuss this issue as a national insult when the supposedly Union Agriculture minister, with the BIGGEST responsibility in the country to revive our fast vanishing Agriculture system and help the farmers who are drowning in debts, is grinning and posing in the dais with the Champions trophy.

It is all happening on a day, when a debt-ridden poor farmer in Vidarbha is committing suicide for every 6 hours, unable to repay a debt of mere thousands rupees. But, does his life matter at all?

Media is interested in making Pawar incident a headline as "national insult" but not the national crisis gripping our country – farmer's suicide. It is heart drenching to even think of the victims and their families' plight with the so-called relief package of 3000 Cr from PM is nowhere in the vicinity to most of these families.

Having turned down by their only source of livelihood -- their land and the cultivation -- for years, having lost the head of their family, often the sole breadwinner, and with soaring interests of the neck-deep debts, what future does the victim's family have?

Is it not a bigger 'insult' that we could not prevent this humungous tragedy staring at our faces, when the whole nation is boasting of skyrocketing growth and economy?

Is it not a bigger 'shame' on Mr. Pawar and his men in the ministry than an insolent behavior of a foreigner to his larger-than-life image?

Yes, it is of course a national insult to have a union Agriculture minister who focuses more on fighting and winning against injustices in BCCI, who considers it to be the most urging national issue, than the petty issues of farmers' suicides.