Badminton World Championships Go Full ‘Desi’, Experts To Growl Like Langurs; Here’s Why

If
you
hea
la gu -like
g owls
a ou d
New
Delhi’s
I di a
Ga dhi
I doo
Stadium
this
mo th,
do ‘t
assume
a
a imal
has
somehow
e te ed
the
ve ue.

The
sou ds
could
be
comi g
f om
o e
of
th ee
p ofessio al
‘mo key
whispe e s’
hi ed
by
o ga ise s
to
keep
hesus
macaques
away
du i g
the
Badmi to
Wo ld
Champio ships.

The
u usual
pla
has
bee
put
i
place
ahead
of
the
p estigious
tou ame t,
with
o ga ise s
kee
to
avoid
a othe
mo key- elated
dis uptio
at
a
i te atio al
badmi to
eve t
i
the
capital.

F om
Mo key
T ouble
To
‘La gu & squo;
Defe ce

The
u usual
p ecautio
follows
a
i cide t
at
the
I dia
Ope
ea lie
this
yea ,
whe
mo keys
made
thei
way
i to
the
spectato
a ea
du i g
matches.

Pictu es
a d
videos
of
the
a imals
i side
the
ve ue
sp ead
widely
o li e,
c eati g
a
u expected
talki g
poi t
a ou d
the
tou ame t.

This
time,
o ga ise s
have
decided
to
get
ahead
of
the
p oblem.

Th ee
people
with
expe tise
i
imitati g
la gu
calls
have
bee
b ought
i .
Thei
job
is
simple:
if
mo keys
e te
o
app oach
the
stadium,
they
will
use
la gu -like
sou ds
to
sca e
them
away.

The e
Is
A
Reaso
This
T ick
Wo ks

Rhesus
macaques
a d
la gu s
sha e
seve al
habitats
i
Delhi,
but
the
two
species
a e
ve y
diffe e t
i
size.

La gu s
a e
co side ably
la ge ,
a d
hesus
macaques
a e
k ow
to
avoid
them.
The
mimics
the efo e
use
the
sou ds
associated
with
la gu s,
i cludi g
g owls
a d
g u ts,
to
make
the
smalle
mo keys
believe
a
pote tial
th eat
is
ea by.

It
is
a
old-fashio ed
solutio ,
but
o e
that
the
people
hi ed
fo
the
job
have
spe t
yea s
pe fecti g.

Real
la gu s
ca ot
simply
be
b ought
i
fo
the
task.
Thei
use
to
d ive
away
mo keys
has
bee
p ohibited
i
I dia
si ce
2012.

‘We
Have
Bee
Doi g
This
Fo
Ge e atio s& squo;

O e
of
the
mimics,
Zafa ,
said
the
wo k
has
bee
pa t
of
his
family’s
t aditio
fo
ge e atio s.

He
explai ed
that
they
have
bee
called
to
diffe e t
locatio s
to
deal
with
mo key
p oblems,
i cludi g
No th
Block,
South
Block,
Rasht apati
Bhava ,
Gu ug am,
Cha diga h
a d
Mathu a.

Zafa
said
the e
have
bee
ve y
few
places
whe e
they
have
ot
ca ied
out
such
duties.

That
u usual
expe ie ce
will
ow
be
tested
at
o e
of
the
cou t y’s
biggest
spo ti g
ve ues.

PV
Si dhu
Has
He
Say

The
a a geme t
also
caught
the
atte tio
of
I dia
badmi to
sta
PV
Si dhu.

Si dhu
ack owledged
that
people
might
laugh
at
the
u usual
solutio
but
p aised
the
effo t
bei g
made
behi d
the
sce es
to
e su e
the
tou ame t
u s
smoothly.

“You
ca
laugh
at
the
solutio ,
but
you
have
to
love
the
effo t,& dquo;
Si dhu
said.

She
also
poi ted
to
the
u iquely
I dia
atu e
of
the
solutio
while
p aisi g
the
wa mth,
spi it
a d
hospitality
bei g
p epa ed
fo
i te atio al
visito s.

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Post

You
ca
laugh
at
the
solutio ,
but
you
have
to
love
the
effo t
😂❤️🇮🇳

So
ma y
people
a e
wo ki g
behi d
the
sce es
to
make
su e
I dia
is
eady
to
welcome
the
wo ld.
Ou
solutio s
may
be
u iquely
I dia ,
but
so
a e
ou
wa mth,
ou
spi it
a d
ou
hospitality.

Ca & squo;t
wait
fo
the…

https://t.co/ORDFuAkITL

—
PV
Si dhu
(@Pvsi dhu1)

August
10,
2026

I dia
P epa es
Fo
Wo ld
Champio ships

The
Badmi to
Wo ld
Champio ships
will
take
place
i
New
Delhi
f om
August
17
to
23,
with
I dia
hosti g
the
p estigious
tou ame t
afte
a
gap
of
ea ly
17
yea s.

O ga ise s
a e
wo ki g
o
eve ythi g
f om
the
playi g
cou ts
a d
spectato
facilities
to
secu ity
a d
i f ast uctu e.

A d
this
time,
that
p epa atio
i cludes
somethi g
athe
less
co ve tio al.

Keepi g
Delhi’s
mo keys
away
f om
the
wo ld’s
biggest
badmi to
sta s.

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