his unusual attire he askswhat to wear is a personal choice and its unfair to judge people on the basis of that he says pointing out that many who are currently accused for crimes against women today are clean shaven welldressed men with neatly cropped hairashoks plea to the society is to take time to understand what people are rather then jump to conclusions thats what is required instead of resorting to moral policing and booking people who have afro hairstyles and unusual dressing sense as drug peddlers he saysanother selfconfessed freakan amal madhavan who rocks some coloured curls says the quick judgments also expose the hypocrisy of the society people praise the styles of celebs and hail them as trendsetters be it the longhaired footballer sandesh jhingan or srilankan cricketer lasith malinga who has golden curls but if we dress up and style our hair like them then we are tagged drug addicts in that case lord shiva jesus buddha and ancient sadhus were the first freakans as they are all depicted with long locks and hair buns says amal who works in a mens saloonthe unconventional style is part of the professionfor actor and model aryan gopan who flaunts his signature curls says that the looks are very much part of his job i am a model and i have this hairstyle as my profession demands it during my college students would come to me and ask sadhanam kayyil undo do you have stuff with you mistaking me for a ganja peddler it could be because there were miscreants but that doesnt mean everyone must be branded the same way he saysothers like artist and student renjith murali say that growing hair and beard is a natural process i wanted to grow my hair as i was fascinated by actor babu antony from my childhood being an artist it gives me a unique identity and also the hair has helped me get some film projects he saystime for society to shun the misconceptionsrecently writer sara joseph had come in support of the group with her post on social media freakanmar and freakathikal have always existed among us and they are more than a fashion statement they reflect a riot against the existing policies through their dressing the namboothiri men who cut their kuduma hair bun and namboothiri women who wore a blouse were also part of this revolution she wrote