New Delhi: At sunrise on November 4, 2025, Marine Drive in Kochi looked different. There were no podiums, no party flags, no police barricades to separate the powerful from the people. Instead, there were footsteps — thousands of them — merging into a single rhythm.

Men and women, priests and students, artists and workers, rivals and believers, all walking together for one cause. The Walk Against Drugs — led by senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala under the banner of Proud Kerala — was not another headline event. It was Kerala rediscovering its collective conscience.

The beginning of a moral march

The story began quietly, months ago. On June 22, 2025, a small group marched from Asramam Maidan to Chinnakada Junction in Kollam to mark the International Day Against Drug Abuse. Few im

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