Cheer up, Son

When will our political leaders stop acting on behalf of the moral brigade? Haven't they got serious business like poverty, inflation and the most important of them all - elections to think about?

Or have they worn out all excuses to bear down on opposition or vice versa. or have they lost it completely. For why would they have a problem with cheerleaders? Do they know, cheerleading is a serious sport? The answer is no.

They say it is vulgar. How does these cheerleaders illustrate any kind of crude notions? It is in the mind of those that look at in such a way. So it's proved now, it is not the pom pom brigade, but the leaders who need to cover up.

For a country's population at over 1.2 billion people, the way everything is looked at in a sexual outlook, is in some uncanny sense applicable. But, then again, we have a tendency of shunning these matters, as they are something evil.

Basic law of nature - a man and a woman procreate, new life is formed. Someone's doing it as you read this.

Vulgarity is what the Navi Mumbai police mentioned should not be publicised by the cheerleaders during the IPL matches at the Dr DY Patil Sports Complex. Instead of shorts, the cheerleaders, dressed in black, wore full-length leggings and tops that were far from revealig. This was vulgar in all sense.

Could we protest against bare chested male cheerleaders if that was to happen?

We saw not cheerleading but more of an aerobic act on the ground for them to be on the safer side of the law.

If aesthetics is what the activists are talking about then let there be a ban on songs like 'Dekhta hai tu kya' from the film Krazzy 4 where Rakhi Sawant has worn nothing left to be imagined.

It is ironic that those who gave away the entertainment licenses for those beautiful girls dancing would have known that such an incident would occur.

Only in India do we see that what is not meant to be projected is first made known in careless glory and then taken away as if there is nothing worse than that.

IPL is not and never will be completely about cricket. If it was then there would and should be no need of those cheerleaders. But as the term coined in recent - Cricketainment, it is an adding factor to the game of T20.

Surprisingly, those who talk about women empowerment in their parties and other forums are mum. Cheers!