Maharashtra Govt Sees Red Over Cheerleaders
Apr 25th, 2008 | By Aditya | Category: News
The self-proclaimed moral police of Monday attacked the cheerleader concept that has been imported to India. Minister of State for Home Siddharam Mhetre apparently finds the cheerleaders “absolutely obscene”, and finds it especially disgusting since we are in a country where “Womanhood is worshiped”. He’s talking about a ban on cheerleaders, and will certainly not allow them to perform in Mumbai.
I wonder if the honorable minister has been watching Bollywood item numbers lately? He may have a point, but this holier-than-thou attitide is not winning him any friends (but it may win him lots of votes, unfortunately).
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Be associated with everything popular and make a controversy. That’s what the rule book these so called ‘moral police’ follow.
I hate this vote bank politicians. They need some REAL work to do. There are many issues to be tackled before you talk about woman worship and other such politically correct sounding nonsense. Control female infanticide first, you moronic Babus.
I don’t agree wih moral policing, but I agree with this. We have impressionable young kids seeing the matches. We cannot have such display when young kids can watch such displays in the stadium or on TV. I have a kid and I would not even turn on the TV for IPL when she is with me in the room.
I have to agree with Satish here. What makes the politicians experts on “Morals and Values”? How can they tell us what to do?
And Srinivas, that is exactly how the solution should be coming. You don’t think it appropriate to let your kids watch TV, so you turn it off. Someone else wants to watch it, let them watch it. It should be an individual choice.
Ever Heard of Parental Guidance??? Um its called blocking the channels and Wat makes u think a child would wana see the ladies instead of the cricket? Please man that is so irrational, Jeez i dnt understand wats with the politicians man, the country is goin down in thoughts of inflation and other things and what u see is the issur of cheerleaders, TYPICAL!!
My previous comment seem to have not appeared. So, here it is again.
When I said impressionable young kids are watching this, I included those that are in stadium. Does anyone think it right to expose these kids to such dances. Or should we give the IPL an “A” certificate and disallow those under 18 from entering into the stadium?
Also, as some one who loved to watch cricket with the family, I find any comments like “dont watch it, if you find it offensive” to be very wrong. Are you so ready to deprive many cricket loving people of entertaining 20-20 cricket. Is 20-20 cricket now only for a certain section of the population?
Do you really think that the number of people who don’t want cheer leaders in the matches to be a tiny minority? We are not all fundamenalist hindus or muslims, you know. We are simple cricket loving people and families that are being deprived of an opportunity to watch cricket .
This is a very doggy issue. I mean, on the one hand, lots of young people seem to enjoy the cheerleaders and the glamour it brings, but you also have a valid concern about cricket turning into an “A” sport. I wonder where we can draw the line to say what is acceptable/unacceptable.
Srinivas, how do you feel about the state of television in general? Aren’t there many racy ads on TV? Or how about Bollywood item numbers that are freely aired on all channels, without necessarily any “ratings”? Would you say that cricket is a little less than that?
Aditya,
Television and movies are different from sports. As I had mentioned before I can turn off the TV and take care which movie I take my kids to. I might watch them myself with my wife,but certainly not with my family, especially the young ones. Firstly, all of these are controlled or controllable atmospheres. A stadium isn’t.
secondly, if we take even cricket out of the entertainment options for the family in India, we pretty much have nothing else :-), as you have pointed out, a lot of TV and Bollywood are out of question for family entertainment nowadays.