The event "Kiss of Love" that is scheduled to be organized in Kochi on November 2 is nothing but a publicity stunt. All that the organizers want is attention.
If their protest is, as they claim, against moral policing, they could have thought of enough and more ways to register their protest. Novel ways other than kissing in public do exist and can be put to use.
The fact is that had they thought of some means of protest of that sort; a human chain along the beach or a candle light march for instance, they would not have got the kind of response that they now have got on their Facebook page.
I have seen the interviews the organizer Mr Rahul has given to different organizations. It is clear from the interviews that he has no concrete justification for the simple question as to why he has chosen public group kissing as a means of protest. The only answer he has is that he is against moral policing. Probing him further is of no use as he repeats the same answer again and again.
One needs to remember that the immediate cause for this proposed protest was the destruction of a cafe in Calicut by the members of Yuva Morcha who acted as moral police. The fact that the protest venue has been conveniently shifted to Kochi itself speaks a lot about their real intention. They know that an event like this will garner more support in Kochi than Calicut.
This is a symbolic protest anyway; then why not give more impetus to the symbolism by protesting in Calicut itslef? After all, Calicut too has a wonderful beach!
The name of the event and its logo is so designed that it catches the attention of people, precisely what the the organizers want. The words "Moral Policing" is conspicuously absent in their logos. This fact only shows how serious the organizers are about the issue that they claim they are protesting against. Their issue, it therefore seems, is not being allowed to kiss in public, and nothing else.
The organizers remain totally blind and puzzled when they are asked about any untoward incident that may happen on that day. They are not prepared to take any responsibility. The organizer Mr Rahul in an interview made his mind clear when he said that it was upto the police to see that nothing of that sort happened. He, however, forgets that it is the same police and few other officials of the state who have warned them about the very much probable and dire incidents that their "protest" can invite.
The organizers of "Kiss of Love" are simply not bothered. All they are bothered about is to ascertain their right to kiss in public. May God save this bunch of misguided youth.
If their protest is, as they claim, against moral policing, they could have thought of enough and more ways to register their protest. Novel ways other than kissing in public do exist and can be put to use.
The fact is that had they thought of some means of protest of that sort; a human chain along the beach or a candle light march for instance, they would not have got the kind of response that they now have got on their Facebook page.
I have seen the interviews the organizer Mr Rahul has given to different organizations. It is clear from the interviews that he has no concrete justification for the simple question as to why he has chosen public group kissing as a means of protest. The only answer he has is that he is against moral policing. Probing him further is of no use as he repeats the same answer again and again.
One needs to remember that the immediate cause for this proposed protest was the destruction of a cafe in Calicut by the members of Yuva Morcha who acted as moral police. The fact that the protest venue has been conveniently shifted to Kochi itself speaks a lot about their real intention. They know that an event like this will garner more support in Kochi than Calicut.
This is a symbolic protest anyway; then why not give more impetus to the symbolism by protesting in Calicut itslef? After all, Calicut too has a wonderful beach!
The name of the event and its logo is so designed that it catches the attention of people, precisely what the the organizers want. The words "Moral Policing" is conspicuously absent in their logos. This fact only shows how serious the organizers are about the issue that they claim they are protesting against. Their issue, it therefore seems, is not being allowed to kiss in public, and nothing else.
The organizers remain totally blind and puzzled when they are asked about any untoward incident that may happen on that day. They are not prepared to take any responsibility. The organizer Mr Rahul in an interview made his mind clear when he said that it was upto the police to see that nothing of that sort happened. He, however, forgets that it is the same police and few other officials of the state who have warned them about the very much probable and dire incidents that their "protest" can invite.
The organizers of "Kiss of Love" are simply not bothered. All they are bothered about is to ascertain their right to kiss in public. May God save this bunch of misguided youth.
