Missing Spot.....for everyone at IISc

Everyone knows what I am talking about, if they are freequent visitor to the premier instistute of Bangalore......Indian Institute of Science (IISc). Yes you are rightly pointed out..............it is Coffee Board place.
Who can forget the place like coffee board, ...........
It brought so many insight to researchers, and scientists , solved many problems for students. Who can imagine how many alliances it made among researchers?
I met so many friends had many many meaningful dialogue with fellow scientists.
I used to meet many people near coffee board, whom I failed to meet in the department due to their busy schedules in giving talks and endless field researches.

Coffee Board was like a true friend...............I never forget them
I really miss that place................

please bring pressure on administration to bring it back to the premises.

What is your opinion on Education system?

Hello Friends

Is education system following by these schools is appropriate for the kids of that age?
Dont you think we are putting too much of stuff into the mind of kids, where they needs to still play and enhance their knowledge base of knowing and understanding things.............
I feel frustated with the kids performance in their school. I dont know whether it is mistake of a student to concieve what the teacher deliver in the school or it is a teachers inefficiency to convince the kids in making understand the things properly. Somehow I feel really bad about the teaching practice itself.

One has to see the kannada script written in various boards and back of the vehicles.................. one will feel very ashamed to see such worst scripts. The pronounciation of certian words by these kids, teachers and the TV news readers are hilarious to hear.

Dont know where the mistakes lies? whether it is at the end of teachers? or it is at the end of kids?...................... Finally blame should go to the system only, where these teachers are selected by so called experts through various categories during the selection process.

GOD ONLY CAN HELP THESE SOCIETY OF TEACHERS AND STUDENTS
GOD BLESS THEM

Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sactuary Earlier called Anaimalai Hills

Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary (Anaimalai Hills; Western Ghats) and adjoining plantation region of Valparai situated in Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu state is a very good place to study these non human Primates.

The sanctuary is located at 10013’08” and 10033’27” N and 76049’02” and 77021’07” E. The sanctuary has an area of 987 km2. The area gets both Southwest and Northeast monsoons, but most of the rain is from Southwest . It gets more than 5000mm of rain annually. The western part of the Western Ghats receives most of the rainfall whereas the eastern part is a rain shadow area. The sanctuary receives Southwest monsoon from June to September and the Northeast monsoon from October to December. The altitude varies from 320m ASL at Navamalai foothills to>2000m ASL at the peak of Akkamalai hill.

Anaimalai hills, name came to these hills because of the density of elephants in this area. Earlier people use to sight elegant elephants on top of hill, whenever they gaze at these hills.

About Terror in India

What is your opinion on Indian Politcal will on Terrorism
Are they taking the steps they need to take?
We are hearing always , politicians warning Pakistan for supporting terror only in Papers. We are not seeing any action taking regarding this. Is this political game they are playing at the cost of general public?
These faceless politicians needs to answer this some time or other.
Unless general public wake up and ask this, they are not bothered. If their stomach filled , hope that is enough for them.

Instead of blaming each other it is better on part of Politicians to act against terror and do what they have elected for.

Please rise your voice against terror.

I am thankfull to you, if you read this message and act accordngly and rise voice against terror in general.

Lion-tailed Macaque

Here you go...........
The lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus, Linneaus, 1758) is one of the most endangered species of non-human primates. The lion-tailed Macaque is a habitat specialist inhabiting the climax evergreen rainforest of the Western Ghats in Southwestern peninsular India in the states of Kerala, Tamilnadu and Karnataka. The Western Ghats runs along the western coast of India from north to south. The stretch of Western Ghats is divided by a 40 Km long gap at Palghat in the state of Kerala which divides the lion-tailed macaque population into two, one inhabiting south and another north of the Palghat gap. In many places however, the range is discontinuous resulting in demes that are totally isolated from one another. Never numerous, these macaques are today reduced to a population estimated to be less than 4000 individuals (1995)
This is one of the highly studied non-human primate species in recent years

The lion-tailed macaque is usually seen on high trees at 610-2000 mts altitude. It also occurs extensively in tea and cardamom plantations interspersed with strands of rain forests. It is diurnal in habit and the most arboreal of the macaques staying most of the time on the tree tops while feeding and resting . Lion-tailed macaque can be distinguished from other macaques by its medium sized long gray or brownish gray mane around its face and its striking black body. Its face is bare and black and is encircled, except on the forehead, with a large gray ruff. Its tail, which is 2/3 of its body length, has a small tuft at the end, which is highly pronounced in the adult males.

The adult male measures about 51.0-61.0 cm while the adult female measures 46.0-48.0 cm from the forehead to the end of the body. The tail length in adult male is 25.4-38.6 cm while in adult females it is 25.4-32.0 cm. An adult male may weigh up to 8.9Kg and female 6.1 Kg .

Dietarily lion-tailed macaques appears to be similar to other macaque species in consumption of flowers, buds, leaves, and fruits as a floral component. Species also includes a variety of faunal components in its diet, which include insects, amphibians, reptiles, birds, bats, fawn of mouse deer and barking deer, and therefore it is classified as fruigivorous/faunivorous with bimodal dietary strategy.

The density of lion-tailed macaques is considerably high in fragmented habitats, whereas the density is low in large and contiguous complexes of rainforests The average group size is about 16.3 with a range of 6-53 individuals. The groups of lion-tailed macaques usually contain a single male. The ratio of adult male to adult female is 1:2.11 in fragmented forests and 1:4.8 in contiguous undisturbed habitats .

The lion-tailed macaques have a delayed sexual maturity, a long inter-birth interval, and hence a low net reproductive achievement. It appears that the key to understand adaptations in this species is the study of its reproductive processes and behaviour.

They have very peculiar characteristics when comes to its reproductive behaviour

Delayed Sexual maturity.
Long Inter-birth Interval.
Conspicuous Sexual Swelling.
Vocalization during follicular phase.
Multiple-mount to ejaculate system of mating.
Presence of usually one adult male in the group.