Ha, ha hee free This Independence Day, different Mumbaikars want freedom from, and of different things. Some naughty and some nice, and always with a dash of spice
<img title="Freedom to laugh: At the boss, when he&rsquo;s not looking, of course. Cartoons: Amit Bandre" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2014/oct/Dear-Diana-2.jpg" alt="Freedom to laugh: At the boss, when he&rsquo;s not looking, of course. Cartoons: Amit Bandre" /> Freedom to laugh: At the boss, when he&rsquo;s not looking, of course. Cartoons: Amit Bandre
<img title="Freedom to be me: Which means either babe or behenji" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2014/oct/Dear-Diana-1.jpg" alt="Freedom to be me: Which means either babe or behenji" /> Freedom to be me: Which means either babe or behenji
<img title="Freedom to be a player: &lsquo;Coz I am single and ready to mingle" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2014/oct/Dear-Diana-4.jpg" alt="Freedom to be a player: &lsquo;Coz I am single and ready to mingle" /> Freedom to be a player: &lsquo;Coz I am single and ready to mingle
<img title="Freedom to laze: In a frantic city, the freedom to slouch on the couch" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2014/oct/Dear-Diana-3.jpg" alt="Freedom to laze: In a frantic city, the freedom to slouch on the couch" /> Freedom to laze: In a frantic city, the freedom to slouch on the couch
<img title="Freedom to eat cake: And not think, one moment on my lips, forever on my hips" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2014/oct/Dear-Diana-5.jpg" alt="Freedom to eat cake: And not think, one moment on my lips, forever on my hips" /> Freedom to eat cake: And not think, one moment on my lips, forever on my hips
Support? Cyrus-lly speaking Cyrus Broacha and laughs go together but this time Cyrus the Virus has touched upon the abuse and exploitation of animals and shot a new advertisement for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India that encourages people to avoid circuses that use animals.
<img title="Cyrus hair don't need no combin'" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2014/oct/Cyrus.jpg" alt="Cyrus hair don't need no combin'" /> Cyrus hair don't need no combin'
In the ad, which is part of PETA India&rsquo;s campaign for the freedom of animals used in circuses, launched in time for Independence Day, in tune with the freedom theme, Broacha&rsquo;s mouth and eyes are wide open. His hair stands straight up, next to the caption &lsquo;What Circuses Do to Animals Makes My Hair Stand on End.
Boycott Animal Circuses&rsquo;. The ad was shot by photographer Himanshu Seth, while Ambereen Yusuf did Broacha&rsquo;s ooh-I-just-got-an-electric-shock hair. Cyrus says in the ad, &ldquo;I revel in my freedom to play outrageous jokes on people and to speak my mind, but animals in circuses are robbed of their freedom and everything else that&rsquo;s natural and important to them.
And if that weren't enough, they&rsquo;re often beaten into performing cheap tricks that can be confusing and even painful.&rdquo; Incidentally, in 2010, Broacha had received the PETA group&rsquo;s Hero to Animals Award for refusing on ethical grounds to ride a bull on the TV reality show Khatron Ke Khiladi. Our take is: when you have Cyrus, why do you need a circus, anyway?

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