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Why no desi cheerleaders?

I thought not. And there’s the difference. In America, a parent would be on the sidelines cheering their girl on, proud as punch, since being a cheerleader is nothing more than innocent fun.

It’s about cultural context. Until India is comfortable with such things – and I invoke the daughter test again – the cheerleaders should be told to put it away. And pronto.

Peter Foster although now in New Zealand after his stint in India perfectly echoes my viewpoint on this whole IPL cheerleader charade. I’m not condoning the self-righteous protests by the cultural right here but merely questioning the cut-paste attitude for sports entertainment.

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Applying the Daughter Test | DesiPundit
April 28th, 2008, 11:19 pm | #

[...] has a teenage daughter and so he applied the daughter test regarding IPL cheerleader issue, but did not reach the conclusion that it should be banned. He has [...]

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Amrita
April 29th, 2008, 9:41 am | #

Actually, according to the Redskins’ website, they plan to recruit Indian cheerleaders too. And really, how much worse can cheerleading be than acting as an extra in a Mithun / Govinda movie in the 90s? Or even an item girl for that matter.

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Should the IPL have cheerleaders?
April 29th, 2008, 9:02 pm | #

[...] of importing cheerleaders from the U.S. and having them perform in front of crowds during a match. I linked Peter Foster’s post on DesiPundit where he invokes the daughter test to voice his protest against using white cheerleaders and added [...]

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