Viral Video: Over the past few days, videos of a couple, it appears, kissing and hugging each other at a railway station, with a burqa, allegedly of the female candidate of the couple, began to go viral over social media. One such video, which has garnered much attention, is shared from an account named MANOJ SHARMA LUCKNOW UP, and is the reason behind much controversy and debate.
Public Display of Affection
The video below captured the pair’s amorousness in full force in a public place, displaying behavior as if they weren’t in a public place. They even seem to realize something though in the video, just after one of the passers-by interrupts them. The video first appeared on X on August 9 and has quickly been viewed millions of times, as thousands more take to the comments section to express their outrage.
The caption of the video denounces the act of the couple, drawing a parallel to those past cases of obscenity that have been on social media, like the one from Noida’s reputed university; it called for action by the police and the administration against this “filth,” concerned over the increasing frequency of such videos.
Interruption and Realization
The fact that these videos spread quickly is a growing trend of explicit content going viral and becoming hot-button topics over public decency and social norms. For this latest video, reactions have been very divided, some calling for tighter enforcement against public conduct regulations, while others countered by saying there has to be more tolerance and understanding toward personal expressions of love.
As these incidents keep happening, it brings to light the ongoing debate on the borders of public behavior and what role the perception of morality and decency could possibly play through the influence of social media.
