The singer said he had an issue with men and women standing in close proximity while taking pictures.
Veteran musician KJ Yesudas has been criticised by people on social media for his views on the selfie generation.
According to a report by OneIndia Malayalam, Yesudas said that women would never come up and ask for pictures before the 1980s, and that showed ‘their dignity and etiquette’. He added that if someone introduced women as ‘their wife or daughter’, they maintained a respectable distance and silence from the men.
The singer also clarified that he wasn’t criticising anyone, but stating his opinion. He added that he did not mind taking pictures with women, but had an issue with men and women standing ‘in close proximity, in physical contact with each other while clicking selfies.
In 2014, Yesudas had criticised women for wearing jeans. “What should be covered must be covered. Our culture involves the beauty which should be covered. Women should not trouble others by wearing jeans. When they put on jeans, men are tempted to look beyond that (jeans),” he had said. “Women’s beauty lies in their modesty. They should not try to become like men. They should not force others to do unnecessary things by wearing jeans, which would give them magnetism,” he had said.
Just like 2014, people have not taken kindly to the singer’s statements about the selfie generation. One person took to Facebook to say, "Especially when it concerns a public figure and who is very closely connected with Lord Dharmasastha, what with the innumerable Ayyappa Bakthi songs and the mesmerizing harivarasanam? The last thing he should have is to have any matter even remotely connected with sex in his mind."
In addition, a lot of social media users made light of the moment. While one commented that the singer meant PM Modi, who is known to oblige people for clicking pictures with him, and others supported the singer. They said that when the singer made the remark, he actually meant that he did not like women rubbing shoulders with him while clicking selfies. ‘Why is that bothering all of you, then,’ they have asked.
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