A kiss of love on the cheek of Kerala’s communal amity
The Hindu
Sheena Karuvanthody, a middle-aged working woman from Valiyad, Kerala, won a million hearts with a kiss of love she planted on the cheek of a little boy leading a Milad-e-Sherif rally. She welcomed the rally with a currency garland, symbolizing communal harmony. Her action triggered excitement and cheer, with people celebrating her as a hero and symbol of Kerala's communal harmony. Her gesture of love and acceptance was a moment of pride and thrill for all, showing that religions never divide them.
Sheena Karuvanthody, a middle-aged working woman from a village named Valiyad near here, never anticipated that a kiss of love that she planted on the cheek of a little boy on Thursday could win a million hearts. Yes, it did.
Ms. Sheena became a symbol of Kerala’s communal harmony with that kiss that she gave to the boy who led a Milad-e-Sherif rally at Valiyad.
The kiss was, in fact, supplementary and a natural end to another graceful act of communal harmony that Ms. Sheena did. Sending a larger message to the entire country, Ms. Sheena welcomed the rally taken out by the children of Tadreesul Islam Madrasa, Valiyad, with a currency garland.
“It was a moment of pride and thrill for us all. We have been living in such harmony here that religions never divide us,” said Sukanya, Sheena’s co-sister. “Excitement and happiness have soared sky-high,” she said.
Ms. Sheena grew up watching Milad rallies from her childhood and the desire to garland the children remained rooted in her mind for long. The excitement and cheer that her action triggered spilled over to the Internet with people celebrating her as the hero and symbol of Kerala’s communal harmony.
A video that went viral on the social media shows Ms. Sheena in a purple saree waiting in the rain with her little daughter. On seeing her, the rally stops. Ms. Sheena crosses the road, walks up to the front, garlands the rally captain, and plants him a kiss on his left cheek.
“That was a kiss on the cheek of Kerala’s communal amity. The people will not forget it. We will cherish it until our last breath,” said Mohammed Nibras, who works with Ms. Sheena in a builder’s office here.
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