Pushpender Kumar, a junior inspector in the Delhi Police, considers most of his colleagues unfit for duty. "A lot of them are overweight,' says Kumar, a well-built officer. Others are "frustrated" by the daily cases of crime -- from murder to rape -- that they battle every day, says Kumar.


Some have developed hypertension, insomnia and migraines because of long and sporadic hours on the job, he says. "How can one effectively serve the public like this?" asks the 49-year-old cop, who works at the police station of Ashok Vihar, in northwest Delhi. Kumar thought of a solution: Yoga. Read