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Video by Naveen Razak, Janaki Omkumar inspires a dance movement against hate
Thiruvananthapuram:
In Kerala, an Instagram reels video of two medical students – Naveen K Razak and Janaki M Omkumar – has inspired a dance movement against hate.
The two students received a lot of love and encouragement after posting a 30-second clip dancing to the cult song Rasputin of Boney M. But amidst all the applause, the video also received some hateful comments by users calling attention to their religion.
Naveen’s Razak responded by releasing another video with other students of “Vikings” – Thrissur Medical College’s dance group, refusing to verbally respond to hateful comments. The new video features more dancers dancing to the same song and the original reels accompany the video as well as the message of ‘diversity in unity’. It was posted on a social media post with the caption: “If you have decided to hate, we have decided to protest”.
Dancing medicos get support online and offline against religious bigotry on social media
It was by luck that one of the dance reels on Instagram by the two medicos, Janaki M Omkumar and Naveen K Razak of Thrissur Medical College, went viral last week.
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KOCHI: It was by luck that one of the dance reels on Instagram by the two medicos, Janaki M Omkumar and Naveen K Razak of Thrissur Medical College, went viral last week. They shot to fame by dancing to the tune of Boney M’s eternal track Rasputin in the corridor of their college. However, a communal remark by an advocate on Facebook has sparked some controversy. He remarked on another girl, Nimisha, a Hindu girl from Kerala, who joined ISIS after marrying a Muslim boy. The dancing duo also belongs to different faiths.
Medicos Naveen K Razak, Janaki Omkumar give some dance therapy to communal trolls A Kerala-based advocate gets a lesson in rhythm and tolerance, after he tried to communalise a fun dance off by two medical students whose video went viral
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Naveen K Razak dances like a dream and will soon be a medical doctor who one hopes will put a smile on the faces of those he heals. His Instagram bio reads, Take more chances. Dance more dances. His collegemate Janaki Omkumar dances even better than him, and together they have lakhs of followers on social media, and millions of viewers of the coolest dance video that has gone viral. Razak and Omkumar are breaking the internet with their electrifying performance to Boney M s ‘Rasputin’ that can still make for the best dance tracks as it first did in the late 1970s when it was released. The two danced in perfect teamwork, after classes, still in their scrubs. Bare faced and without a worry in the