How mobile games have become a means of protest against power crisis in Keralam
Youth political organizations in Keralam are using web-based protest games and memes to criticize the state government over ongoing power shortages and welfare program shortcomings. These interactive digital formats have engaged hundreds of thousands of players.
Why it matters
It highlights how political dissent and grassroots campaigning are evolving into digital and gamified formats to capture younger demographics.
How quickly can you light the candles after power goes out in your household? Or how precisely can you swat mosquitoes in the flickering glow of a candle?
As erratic power curbs due to an ongoing power crisis in Keralam continue , innovative protest methods, led by the Communist Party of India (Marxist)’s youth organisations, such as games, memes and AI videos, have sparked a conversation.
Particularly, two web-based games, namely Indira Cut and Pookki.online, released over the recent weeks, have been gaining traction online. Indira Cut, developed by Palakkad-based Favas Kinan for the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) Palakkad District Committee and Pookki.online, co-created by New Zealand-based Sikhin S. and Mr. Kinan, take shots at the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) government and Keralam Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan.
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