Sania preaches safe sex

New Delhi: It's not possible to put a curb on pre-marital sex and the best way to curb AIDS is to play it safe, preached tennis sensation Sania Mirza. Sania, who came to New Delhi to take part in the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit, skirted questions which had anything to do with tennis but waxed eloquent when it came to advocating other issue.

''Look, whether it's before or after marriage, people should have safe sex. And about pre-marriage sex, you can't stop people and hence the best way is to play it safe,'' said the teenager, who shared the dais with Miss Universe Natalie Glebova and Formula One driver Narain Karthikeyan.

Karthikeyan, meanwhile, threw his weight behind South Indian actress Kushboo whose remarks on pre-marital sex has snowballed into a major controversy.

''I think Kushboo stressed on safe sex even it is pre-marital and it spiralled into a controversy partly because of the media,'' Karthikeyan observed.

Glebova, Toronto-based Miss Universe, asked people to have precaution and safe sex.