A cafe in Kozhikode named Downtown was vandalized few days back by a group of Yuva Morcha members. The attack was after Jai Hind TV, a Malayalam news channel reported that there were immoral activities, including drugs, going on inside the cafe. The video footage had showed a couple kissing.
The owner, though shocked upon hearing the allegations, re-opened the cafe the same evening. Many showed their support to the cafe owner by visiting the place. Few influential people, including those from the cine industry, had posted messages in social networking websites condemning the attack and supporting the cafe.
I am in full support of those who condemned the attack. The members of the Yuva Morcha who are involved in the attack need to be brought to book. Violence can never be justified.
But, taking this as an opportunity, in the garb of showing their protest against moral policing, a group of individuals have come together. This group plans to organize an event called the "Kiss of Love" in the city of Cochin in Kerala.
The event managers have invited people to be at Marine Drive on 2 November evening with their "spouse or lover." People have been asked to publicly hug and kiss their partners. This is to defy the organizations that indulge in moral policing, the organizers say.
They have made a Facebook page "Kiss Of Love" and an event inviting people. At the time of writing, the page had been liked by 3,521 people and 1,700 people had accepted to take part in the event.
"Kiss of Love," the organizers say is an event be to defy moral policing. "We cannot stand moral policing any more; let us put an end to it. There is a limit to everything. Our society should be free from all this evil," the event co-ordinator said.
Can people get more stupid? To defy and try putting an end to moral policing this group of people have, of all things, this as a solution? Ridiculous! And they call themselves "Right Thinkers!"
They are soliciting people to publicly engage in an act that is usually done in private. Tomorrow if an incident of moral policing occurs again what will they suggest?
True, India is a country where people have vast freedom. But, the "right thinkers" like these should not exploit it.
The same people who had condemned the cafe attack and inspired people to go to the cafe should put some sense into these right thinkers' heads and ask them to withdraw this event.
