By AFPMore by this AuthorNEW DELHIIndia's women athletes will for the first time wear trousers and a blazer instead of a traditional sari at the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony in Australia, a move that has pitted reformers against traditionalists. Many Indian women competitors have welcomed the dark blue blazer and trousers that the Indian Olympic Association said was introduced at the request of the country's athletes' commission. "We always feel happy and proud when we wear a sari during the opening ceremonies," Malik told the Mail Today newspaper. Girls always used to wear a sari at the Games but this time it will be different and I love it," said the 23-year-old Rampal. Indian gymnast Pranita Das wore a sari at the 2014 Commonwealth Games but said she thought the trousers would be a better fit for female athletes.

Source: Daily Nation February 27, 2018 06:56 UTC