India outsources cheer: Some like it hot, some like it not

Published: May 2, 2008, 2:39 am

Tags: asia, race ethnicity culture, sports fitness, world, cheerleaders, cricket, india, washington redskins

The hot hot ladies of the Washington Redskins cheer squad are in India shaking their shapely hips in those short shorts, matching go-go boots and bikini tops. Needless to say male fans were left salivating for more, our culture guardians gasping at the "vulgarity", purists demanding that the "Indian" sport be spared of such cheap thrills, and some fence sitters (me included) wondering and analyzing to no end what this all means and if all this fuss is warranted. Background: The American squad is cheering for the Bangalore Royal Challengers, one of the eight cricket teams of the newly-formed , flush-with-funds, Indian Premier League. [The Royal Challengers, incidentally, is owned by Vijay 'King of Good Times' Mallya, the liquor baron who also owns Kingfisher Airlines of the "red skirt" fame that our very own Elana Centor blogged about.] The IPL is similar to the American NFL or the British (soccer) Premier League, and is backed by the Board of Control for

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