KUALA LUMPUR: Longtime journalist Suganthi Suparmaniam found herself on the wrong end of the news today when a shot of her wielding a parang was turned into a meme campaigning for an alcohol-free Deepavali. And the shot, splashed with green caption “No Alcohol for Deepavali”, is now trending on social media. Suganthi said her jaw dropped when former colleague L. Manimaran sent her the meme on WhatsApp together with a voice note asking her whether it was "legit". MIC vice president Datuk T. Mohan said there seemed to be a resurgence of campaign for an alcohol-free Deepavali. In 2015, Gabungan Unity (United Indian Teams of Youth) registered a social media campaign for an alcohol-free Deepavali.

Source: New Strait Times October 25, 2019 13:18 UTC