Before you start frothing at the mouth, all you self-declared guardians of all that's pure, it's a quote from Heroes (Tagline Season 1...But I digress.)
Why cheerleaders are the centre of a moral debate, is beyond me -- besides... Read The Article
We see very little of the cheer leaders on the tv . Most of the intervening time between play is taken up with ads , which we have seen many many times and are irritated to see again . I have a suggestion to the advertisers , why not show us the cheer leaders in the time you have bought and scribble on the screen that your product is sponsoring it . That way we may start having a soft corner for your product rather than the present irritated feeling.
( Posted: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 at 17:36 )
Nitesh
I agree with most of the points you have made. The moral police which talks of "Indian culture" is the same which isnt even literate and doesnt even have a college degree. They are the same people who were ok with Aishwarya Rai wearing even less in Dhoom 2, or Kareena Kapoor in a bikini in Tashan. of course,they make the presumption that Indian women wearing less is not demeaning culture, but foriegn cheerleaders is. There is a hint of male chavaunism, sexual repression and even racism in it. The only problem I have is the camera, which after every boundary, goes up their skirts. Show them dancing, but maybe the camera could be positioned better, so that parents watching with kids couldbe a little more comfortable? I have read some comments which say it is ok if there were Indian women in place of the American cheerleaders, which suggests either a "Indians are better than others" racist feeling or "Indian women can demean themselves, it doesnt matter" male chavaunism. The fact that we have actually spent so muchtime debating this rather building working on spreading primary education(remember the problem of reservation? how primary education would have led to it being not needed?), or the rising food prices(isnt this the aam aadmi govt?) or global warming, something which is affecting us right now. You know, meaningful stuff which people elected them to sort out. The US sat and talked about gays and evolution and ignored its infrastructure problems after 2002, and look where it is today after 8 years of Bush. Something similar is happening here, as we spend more time debating whether cheerleaders are okay or not. Soon we will be debating who let the dogs out. Probably our politicians need a lesson in good governence. Compulsory college education for politicians anyone?
( Posted: Monday , May 05, 2008 at 04:18 )
Tejas
And..some food for thoughts!
What about the semi-clad/nude saadhus roaming on our streets?
What if the cheerleaders were semi clad guys?
Have fun watching the game, people!! :)
( Posted: Sunday , May 04, 2008 at 18:59 )
krishnabaalu
Fine then there is a valid point from our perspective too! dear pl listen.
You being a woman how can you degrade the status of woman?? My point is why cheer leaders are only should be females? why not alos males? This is where exacttly i differ.
KRISHNA BAALU
( Posted: Saturday , May 03, 2008 at 22:10 )
Sundip
Cheerleaders and their role in sports in not Indian and not even Eastern. It is the American way. By copying the American way India is showing it is a copy cat, is weak and copies others. Moreover, cheerleaders reveal their bodies. Was cricket being played to enjoy the game or to show off women's bodies ?
India should not copy American ways like a weakling. If women want to expose their bodies they may go to America and work as prostitutes or girls in a topless bar where women dance nude.
India should go back to the old days of cricket where there were no cheerleaders - not bhangra, not western naked women. It was pure cricket.
Moreover if Indian women are so upbeat about cheerleaders and support cheerleader so much, why bring in Western semi naked girls. Indian women themselves could remove their clothes, wear skimpy dresses and show all they have. Why arent Indian women cheer leading ? It would be great to see nude Indian women instead of those ugly Western women.
( Posted: Friday , May 02, 2008 at 06:24 )
You know what is the problem with us? We always try to cover up our weaknesses and shortcomings with the facade of 'culture'. What is our culture? And who made u the guardian of our culture? Let people decide for themselves. I do not want to justify the cheer leading in IPL with examples of bollywood songs. That is pointless. My level of moral outrage can be vastly different from yours. But learn to live with that. And tell me frankly, don't u enjoy look at the cheerleaders when nobody is watching you?
( Posted by Shiladitya on Friday , May 09, 2008 at 13:09 )
LVISS
Cheerleaders are realy an added distraction. One player has already said so. They neither cheer nor lead . As for those cheerleading scenes in movie or tv, we always have the option not to see it.But to go to a serious match paying so much money and seeing the cheerleaders jumping in front of u is something difrent. The only thing in favour of these cheerleaders is that it provides them some financial help. Here too the teams can employ local cheerleaders , put them on a decent clothing and allow them to cheer and lead the cheer.
( Posted: Thursday , May 01, 2008 at 10:19 )
Cheer leaders may not spoil the culture of our country. It is their skimpy attire which makes the country's heritage spoil.
( Posted by Sai Prakash on Thursday , May 01, 2008 at 12:46 )
Anushka Abraham
Nicely put Amrita. Interesting reading:)
( Posted: Thursday , May 01, 2008 at 00:06 )
AS
I totally agree with you on this article. Staying outside India, we're used to seeing cheerleaders every where, so when I saw the IPL broadcast on my computer earlier this month, I hardly seemed to notice the cheerleaders. But now that its been brought up, I only pose one question- When will India grow up? I've read other people's comments about sexual frustrations but if a politician urges to get cheer leaders banned doesn't it just show that its the politician him/herself who is sexually frustrated?
( Posted: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at 19:13 )
sayak
Very enlightening.. !!! being born a girl is so difficult and yet keep ones head held high . Hats off to you.
( Posted: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at 18:30 )
Navneet Kamboj
What u wrote Miss is completely fine. Y the political leaders are cribbing about cheer leaders??? coz both have leaders in the end and politicians don't want any other leaders in the limelight. Political leaders it would be better if they consider more on themselves and there family rather than becoming a nation savior. More than 90 of Indian political leaders have done 10th or + 2 or not even that. Look at their history and above 85 percent have criminal backgrounds or are big time defaulters no matter even if its the head of the country. Remember the song It happens only in India....
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