"Decided To Resist": Kerala Students' #RasputinChallenge Against Hate

The two students received a lot of love and encouragement after they posted a 30-second clip of them dancing to Boney M's cult song Rasputin.

In Kerala, an Instagram Reels video of two medical students - Naveen K Razak and Janaki M Omkumar - has inspired a dancing movement against hate. The two students received a lot of love and encouragement after they posted a 30-second clip of them dancing to Boney M's cult song Rasputin. But amid all the appreciations, the video also received some hate comments from users drawing attention to their religion. Naveen K Razak, refusing to verbally reply to the hate comments, responded by releasing another video along with other students of "Vikings" - the dance group of Thrissur Medical College. The new video has more dancers dancing to the same song and the same moves as the original Reels video along with a message of 'unity in diversity'. It was posted on social media post with the caption: "If you've decided to hate, we've decided to resist".