Viral Video: A video of a couple walking naked through the streets of Lakshminagar, Nagpur, went viral at rocket speed, begging questions on both society and internet culture. The video shared by a YouTube channel called Nagpur Today on July 29 shows the fully-dressed confidence of this couple while moving down the road in this half-naked state with thousand views.
Viral Incident Blurs Lines of Decency
This video has been intentionally blurred to obscure explicit content, but it’s pretty easy to see what’s happening. The incident reportedly occurred at around 2 a.m. Saturday and shocked viewers, leading to a broader discussion about the great lengths people will go to in order to gain Internet fame.
Such videos reflect a growing trend wherein increasing extremities are opted for to gain attention online. The Nagpur incident is not an isolated event but is part of the series of happenings when people chose to go viral at the cost of social norms and dignity. The fact that such content is shared and, a lot of times, without any immediate repercussions suggests that something is grossly wrong with our present digital era.
A Wake-Up Call on Societal Values
The incident has been blown out of proportion by most media, such as front-page coverage by reputed newspapers like the Times of India, which further adds to people’s concern. Going viral, this video did not only place a high degree of emphasis on what the couple did but opened up an avenue that questioned societal values and the nature in which the internet was changing peoples’ behaviors.
As this video continues to go around, it will keep serving as the rudest of awakenings about the heightened need for more awareness and discussion concerning online fame-seeking behavior. It also begs the question of what kind of direction the norms of society are heading into, considering important questions relating to balancing personal expression with public decency.
