We all kashmiris thought that "shallakh" is a very old kashmiri would denoting spanking usully by a teacher for not knowing your lesson or misbehaving or doing something wrong. Turns our it is an Enlglish word too denoting the same thing

shel·lack·ing

   [shuh-lak-ing] Show IPA

1. noun . slang.an utter defeat: a shellacking their team will remember

2.a sound thrashing: His father gave him a shellacking forstealing the boo

Origin 1880-82

Observe here President obama using the same phrase for similar occasion of voters shallacking him in these midterms of 2010.