Critics may call it a spoof religion, moderates may call it a campaign or a movement but Dinkoists can go many extra miles to explain how valid it is to worship a comic ‘character’ and look at the world and politics from a different mirror.
One of the earliest superhero comic characters, in India, Dinkan was created by storywriter N. Somashekharan in 1983. Created for the children’s magazine Balamangalam as an edutainment character, Dinkan borrowed a few traits from the Superman and was admired both by children and adults.
Dinkoism is a religion and a social movement that emerged and evolved on social media through different groups and individuals. Watch the video to know how modern day secular Keralites are using Dinkan God to mock organised religion and religious intolerance.