Aaah. Love. What a wonderful little miracle! The most mis-interpreted and cheesily portrayed human instinct. Even though its manifestations differ based on which part of the world your from, the feeling is still the best one. Everyone wants to be loved.
So the question remains why is the society is so hell-bent in castrating love and confining it within boundaries of social morality. But then what is social morality. I mean, if you walk around in a mini skirt in New york or Milan you are fashionable but if you do the same thing in Kochi or Lucknow, you are a slut(that is if you are a woman, if you are a man, its pretty inappropriate no matter where you are. :)). So in shaping love into rigid forms to cater to a particular vernacular, problem comes when the world starts melting and amalgamating. Views of the west east and center starts merging and a minor proportion of people start to think about "What ifs". At that same moment, people who are in inseparable love with the concept social inertia starts developing orthodox ideologies.
But that is just universe's principle of duality, everything exists in pairs. So understandably with the advent of radicals and free thinkers, its only natural that conversationalists prop up like wild mushrooms in first rain. But to understand what happened in Kochi on the eve of 2nd of Nov 2014, this rationalization is not enough. We must take into account the political scenario also. First of all the title 'Chumbana Samaram' is pretty ridiculous. But keeping that aside,lets focus on the reason behind this grueling endeavor . The Kochi Kiss of love was not conducted for random people to kiss and quench their thirst for lust. It was meant as a statement against barbarianisms taking place in the name of moral policing. In a social setup where even a brother-sister duo have to think twice before leaving their home on a Saturday evening, this protest is in no way without a contemporary relevance.
But what amused me the most is the way in which this issue was cross examined in newsroom discussions. All the people , both the organizers and the political parties focused their full attention on the public kissing aspect and the central ideology of moral policing became the secondary in many of the discussions. But the narrower-than-nano-tube viewpoints of many prominent youth leaders (and the ubiquitous crap sprayer, Rahul Eashwar) was broadcast to a global audience. Rape convicted politicians and convicted sexual abusers are screaming in the media, "This is against indian values. What about our culture.?" Probably the next protest should be against hypocrites. -_-
And the biggest argument of the people who are against this kiss protest is that "This is against our values". Really? People have been killing each other, destroying public and private property, burning cars and busses and causing all sorts of tyranny during harthals for the past half century. No one, not a single person said anything about social values. But kissing, that is the sign of apocalypse. -_-
It has nothing to do with morality or social sense. Its a game of political strategy. Everyone wants to be the shiny white knight who upholds indian culture. Even if it means incarcerating people within meaningless social boundaries .
So, in sau baath ki ek baath philosophy, this ain't no place for love. Love our culture and Spread the violence. Peace out(Literally).
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