Africa's dwindling lion population: Wildlife expert reveals why big cats are slowly dying in Kenya's Maasai Mara

 FreeImages.com The article has been written by Sanskrity Sinha for IBTimes. The Maasai Mara game reserve in Noarok County, Kenya, has been witnessing what experts call an age-old conflict between its indigenous people and predators. Lions have been the worst affected as their population in Mara has declined by a third in the last two decades. While the Maasai people – ancestral inhabitants of the region after whom the reserve has been...

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Why introducing yoga courses at Indian varsities is not a Hindu nationalist ideology

Freeimages.com This article has been written by Sanskrity Sinha for IBTimes Indian universities may soon be offering courses in yoga studies. The ministry of Human Resource Development has assigned a committee to develop department of Yogic Art and Science for universities across the country, said media reports. The 12-member committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's yoga teacher H R Nagendra will identify courses as well as the...

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Indian Group Drafts Youth Agenda with Fresh Perspective

A group of young Indian professionals from diverse academic backgrounds has drafted a youth agenda, which they claimed is one its kind in the country. The document, Youth Agenda for India, is the result of months of study by members of Young Leaders Think Tank (YLTT), which is a partner organisation of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, a German non-governmental and non-profit organisation that works towards promoting social democracy. "The key distinguishing feature of this document is its fresh approach for prioritizing youth issues in a country of limited resources and diverse youth population," said Sachin Kumar, a study team member and one of the authors of the report. The study team undertook...

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The changing tide: How Saraswathy Ganapathy showed Karnataka village women the way to self-reliance

A doctor by profession, Saraswathy Ganapathy, 69, has changed the lives of women from villages in Karnataka, showing them the way to self-reliance and, most of all, self-belief...discovers Sanskrity Sinha... Bespectacled, wearing a simple block-printed sari, Dr Saraswathy Ganapathy looks delightfully genial. Her voice reaches out and her eyes make an instant connection. It’s easy to understand what helped her walk the lanes of browbeaten villages in Karnataka’s Kanak¬pura district with her team from The Belaku Trust and make inroads with deprived natives. Ganapathy established the Trust to empower and rebuild the lives of women in the region. At their modest office in J P Nagar in Ben¬galuru,...

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In the saddle: Risaldar Major Hariram on his life as an equestrian sportsman

From building Bangalore Turf Club’s reputation as a centre for equestrian sports to training children, Risaldar Major Hariram has many a colourful feather in his cap, discovers Sanskrity Sinha. Decked in high riding boots, a helmet and a T-shirt boasting ‘BARI’ (Bangalore Amateur Riding Institute), Risaldar Major Hariram comes across as a tough sportsman. But when this animated silver begins to speak, he reveals a jolly side. “I thought I would live to be 200 but life is uncertain,” laughs the 78 year-old former Army man, who wishes he could never stop riding. Hariram is a riding instructor at Bangalore Turf Club and he keeps his evergreen spirit alive by surrounding himself with the children...

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