The organisers of the 'Kiss of Love' have invited couples at the Marine Drive in Kochi, PM 02 Nov, to protest against moral policing. They'll express(?) love and draw people's attention to the fact that no one has the right to interfere in one's personal life. The LGBT(Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transgenders) community has rallied behind this drive.
Background.
The 'Jai Hind' TV had aired a show, last week, alleging immoral activities at the cafe, 'Downtown' in Kozhikode city. The owner, however, had explained that he's only facilitated young boys and girls to meet up and spend time over a beverage. He has been making good business, all right. (One can never know as to whether there's a business rivalry angle to the whole thing which might have prodded some other, in the field, to feed discriminatory information).
Within hours of the airing of the show, the activists of the student wing of the BJP had attacked the cafe, causing damages. Incidentally, the channel is owned by the Congress Party!
It's this act of moral policing that has prompted the organisers to come up with this sort of a counter!
Comment.
There seems to be two active groups in the country which are:-
(a) the first, that supports democracy, thereby welcoming the evolution of society which, in
effect, embraces change.
(b) the second that are conservative and support rigid cultures and ethos, that have come through
the ages and thereby, resistant to change.
My take.
India is a land of tolerance. Everyone has space and therefore, every point of view needs to be heard, debated and then disposed off ensuring that the final outcome is a majority decision. To arrive at it, violence in any form, has to be shunned.
In this case, the vandalism of the cafe was wrong and unwarranted!
Let the 'Kiss of Love' take place with the rider that the organisers must ensure that the 'love' that's gonna be depicted will be strictly within the realm of propriety and never get out of hand!! The law enforcers are gonna have a tough time, indeed!!!
Tailpiece.
Am reminded of the outcry of the '60s and the '70s, in the western world, with the rise of the 'Hippie trend'. Is this our 'desi' version of the same, I wonder?
Background.
The 'Jai Hind' TV had aired a show, last week, alleging immoral activities at the cafe, 'Downtown' in Kozhikode city. The owner, however, had explained that he's only facilitated young boys and girls to meet up and spend time over a beverage. He has been making good business, all right. (One can never know as to whether there's a business rivalry angle to the whole thing which might have prodded some other, in the field, to feed discriminatory information).
Within hours of the airing of the show, the activists of the student wing of the BJP had attacked the cafe, causing damages. Incidentally, the channel is owned by the Congress Party!
It's this act of moral policing that has prompted the organisers to come up with this sort of a counter!
Comment.
There seems to be two active groups in the country which are:-
(a) the first, that supports democracy, thereby welcoming the evolution of society which, in
effect, embraces change.
(b) the second that are conservative and support rigid cultures and ethos, that have come through
the ages and thereby, resistant to change.
My take.
India is a land of tolerance. Everyone has space and therefore, every point of view needs to be heard, debated and then disposed off ensuring that the final outcome is a majority decision. To arrive at it, violence in any form, has to be shunned.
In this case, the vandalism of the cafe was wrong and unwarranted!
Let the 'Kiss of Love' take place with the rider that the organisers must ensure that the 'love' that's gonna be depicted will be strictly within the realm of propriety and never get out of hand!! The law enforcers are gonna have a tough time, indeed!!!
Tailpiece.
Am reminded of the outcry of the '60s and the '70s, in the western world, with the rise of the 'Hippie trend'. Is this our 'desi' version of the same, I wonder?
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