Maidens take over
Former India opener Wasim Jaffer had a hilarious take on the proposal. “Smart girl proposing to an RCB fan. If he can stay loyal to RCB, he can definitely stay loyal to his partner,” Jaffer wrote on social media. We learn that the RCB fangirl’s proposal met with a better fate than the one made to Shreyas Iyer – she and her boyfriend are now engaged! Sometime back, English woman cricketer Danielle Wyatt had made a similar public proposal to Virat Kohli (Kohli marry me) though it did not go viral on social media.
EVOLUTION OF ROMANTIC EXPRESSION
Sport psychologist and counsellor Anusheela Brahmachary says, “This unusual trend should be encouraged, to break gender stereotypes. When we are talking about gender equality, it should be fine for a woman to express her wish to marry the man she loves.”
In the Indian context, a girl proposing to her boyfriend in the middle of a match is a combination of feminism and globalisation. “It is common in the West to make glamorous proposals. We have seen several instances of proposals in stadiums during a match. We have adopted such trends in India too, due to globalization and cinema and other media. This can be seen as an evolution of romantic expression,” Anusheela says. “A girl proposing is a sign of modernity and equality,” feels Prof. Manish K. Verma, Secretary, Indian Sociological Society.
“India has progressed a lot since colonialism and attained the lifestyle and traits of the modern globalised world. A girl proposing to a boy indicates that India is on the path of attaining gender equality and freedom of expression and decision making.”
Suneeta Kanga, an etiquette expert, says, “It’s wonderful to see how bold and confident young women are becoming.”
ALL THESE YEARS, WOMEN HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR MEN TO PROPOSE, SO IT’S HEARTWARMING TO SEE THEM TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY. WHY WAIT? JUST ASK! KUDOS AND MORE POWER TO THEM! — SUNEETA KANGA, AN ETIQUETTE EXPERT