Zaftig also is nice.
Posted on 04/19/2008 6:31:23 AM PDT by samsonite
IN the blink of an eye, India has gone from faith, prudence and chastity to ... Brittany, Courtney and Tiffani. On Sunday, a team of Washington Redskins cheerleaders landed in Bangalore to help create India’s first cheerleading squad.
According to the Redskins’ Web site, the cheerleaders will “conduct a national audition of Indian women.” The aim of the exercise is to set up a squad of indigenous pompom wielders for the Bangalore Royal Challengers, one of eight teams that will play in the Indian Premier League, a rich new Indian cricket league.
“Cheerleading is a unique American spirit and the fact that it is now a bridge into India and their national sport cricket, speaks to the world vision of the Washington Redskins,” said an American spokesman involved with the effort. But it speaks to other things, too. It shows how brash India has become, and also how this brash new India has transformed cricket — once the most staid of sports — into a game that is perilously close to a circus.
Yet how paradoxical it is, and how delightful, that Bangalore, a city that has leapt to global prominence on the back of work outsourced by America, is now itself outsourcing from America — outsourcing glamour, no less. How will India respond to cheerleading? An old language scholar I spoke to declared himself unsure of what a Hindi neologism for “cheerleader” might be. He offered “utsaah-pradarshak naari” — “a woman who displays enthusiasm” — as a candidate.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Cricket cheerleaders have been known to cure a sticky wicket.
Zaftig also is nice.
If that fails, a broad spectrum antibiotic-works wonders.
Cheerleaders used to actually lead cheers; now they’re mostly athletic dance acts.
Nothin’ wrong with that; watching strong, fit young women perform is good for the aging soul.
No wonder the Muslims hate us.
Sydney Morning Herald material cannot be posted on FR due to a copyright complaint. Please make a note of it.
Check the one in red short on the left for a penis.
You can bet the yanks are behind setting up this league.
Check out the promo videos of the teams, they’re pretty cool http://iplt20.com/video.html?fileName=chennai%20superkings.swf
One envisions Bart Simpson as assistant instructor:
''OK, people, all together:
Don't have a cow, ump,
Don't have a cow!''
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.