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The Hindu
The Hindu
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Abdul Latheef Naha

A kiss of love in Malappuram becomes symbol of Kerala’s communal amity

Sheena Karuvanthody garlanding a boy who led a Milad-e-Sherif rally at Valiyad, near Malappuram, on Thursday. (Source: SAKEER HUSSAIN)

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.

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