Badminton-India's world championships organisers hire monkey whisperers

NEW DELHI, Aug 10 : The workforce behind badminton's World Championships in New Delhi next week will include a small group of men with an unusual skill: mimicking the calls of langur monkeys.Rhesus monkeys are a menace in India's national capital, often gatecrashing buildings and attacking unsuspecting pedestrians or residents, but the langur, a bigger primate with a black face, is a potent antidote to the problem, and they are routinely deployed in offices.Mimics are also in demand for their ability to emit sounds that keep the monkeys away.The Badminton Association of India (BAI) was left red-faced when a monkey was spotted roaming in the gallery during the Indian Open at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium this year. Zafar, one of the mimics, gave a demonstration of his hooting skills to t