In April 1992, when a predominantly white jury acquitted four police officers accused of the videotaped beating of a black motorist, thousands of people in Los Angeles, mostly young black and Latino men, they joined what has often been called a race riot. In the summer of 2001, ethnic riots involving young British Asians and young white British people occurred in the streets of towns and cities in the north of England (Oldham, Leeds, Burnley, Bradford). More recently, in November 2005, riots broke out in the suburbs of Paris, triggered by the accidental deaths of two Muslim teenagers, and then spread to 300 French towns and cities. Most of the rioters were children of French origin of immigrants from Arab and African countries, a large percentage were Muslim. These racial and ethnic riots have recently placed the issue of racial and ethnic identity at the forefront of political debate in the United States and Europe. In this article, we try to discuss many issues, especially gender issues, relationship issues, family issues, the notion of beauty, women in sports and migration issues. The way the characters behaved and the way other characters behaved towards them portrays the theme and issues involved. Some symbolism was also used to show how these problems existed in the characters' lives. The issue of gender is represented through Indian and Western beliefs. The traditional idea that girls should not be involved in sports existed in both Indian and English families. This can be seen in both Jesminder's and Catherine's families, where their mother strongly discouraged them from playing football as football is only meant for boys. Both mothers cannot tolerate the idea that... middle of paper......, Vol 26, No. 2 May 20022. Messner, M., Duncan, M., & Cooky, C. 'Slience, Sports bras and wrestling porn; women in television sports news and highlights' Journal of Sport and Social Issues, Vol 27, No. 1 February 20033. Wearing, B. (1996) Gender; the pain and pleasure of difference, Longman, Melbourne Chapter 8 Leisure4. Grosz, E. (1994) Volatile bodies: towards a corporeal feminism, Allen & Unwin, Sydney5. Kell, P. (2000) Good Sports: Australian sport and the myth of fair go, Pluto Press, Annandale Chapter 7 Golden Girls, Lesbians and Sexing Up; Women and Sport6. Jarvie, G. & Maguire, J. (1994) Sport and Leisure in Social Thought, Routledge, London Chapter 7 Feminist thought and the boundaries of sisterhood7. Young Murdock, I. (1990) Throwing Like a Girl and other essays in philosophy and social theory, Indiana University Press, Bloomongton