The Shouting Men of Finland:

Creating a new art:

Take a group of men from the northern Finnish town of Oulu population 100,000 dresses them in dark suits with black ties made from the inner tubes of car tyres. “Mieskuoro Huutajat”, which literally means “Shouting Men Choir”, comprises a group of 30 men led by conductor “Petri Sirtio”, whose unique performance involves shouting out the words of a song in chorus instead of singing them. Long cardboards tubes are the only equipment used to provide special vocal effects.















“The Shouting Men of Finland” as the choir is popularly called, was founded in 1987 and has a large repertoire comprising not only Finnish patriotic songs but also foreign compositions like “The Star Spangled Banner” and the national anthems of various countries.




From the beginning, this new concept was recognized as a major breakthrough and an art form in its own right. Traditional singing choirs have given this choir their outer appearance and a basis for their expression. But this is as far as the analogy goes. When the choir find a song that pleases their temperament and warped sense of humour, the conductor starts dismantling it: the melody goes first and usually the text is also heavily trimmed. The remains are then cast into a completely new form; the complex rhytmic structure emphasises the essence of the text, or simply reflects the voices inside the human brain provoked by the language itself, music, urban or rural noise, or the blood circulation system.




The Bottom Line:

That is what I call as passion. Their unique musical performance, which is now recognized as a distinct art form, has captivated audiences across the globe. “Whatever we create it should be unique and should be admired by the world.”

Its all the mind game:

The mental potential is limitless. There is really nothing to stop you from doing or being what you want. To begin with, it is really not a secret. The mind plays a vital role in shaping us, the way we are, the jobs we perform and allocate our time to. “Successful” people seem to have their time prioritized and somehow their schedules fit in every single thing they want to do. We need to give a complete 100 percent to what we want or to become.



Who’s a Winner?


A winner is someone who has put in the little bit extra. All of us have it to go 80 percent of the way. It is that last 20 percent that makes the difference between those who win and those who do not. That last 20 percent is really the toughest part, something like the tip of the pyramid.

Awareness is growing slowly. Slowly, the world is looking seriously at the “Vedas” for inspiration, where we find mind work works. Dan Brown’s latest book, “The lost symbol” resolves around thoughts and mind. Examples are quoted by masters of how diseases like cancer have been completely cured with only mind work. Problems that seemed insurmountable are resolved by sending the right message to your mind. Something that seemed loftier than the “Mount Everest” turns into a mere speed bump on the road of life. The mental imagery, meditation, and mind strategies can work wonders.


I will tell you an example, A physical test on athletes preparing to participate in the Olympics had them all wired up to machines. They were instructed to feel like they were in a practice session. The machine they were wired to record their muscle responses. Guess what the machine reported? That when the athletes imagine they were in a practice session, the muscle they would engage was actually fired up. It is without them doing a thing physically.

The Bottom Line:

The mental potential is limitless. There really is nothing to stop you from doing or being what you want by knowing deep within you that you can do it. “Friends not everybody wants to win Mr. Universe or Miss. Universe, so why to feel sad everybody is a winner.

My appeal to all the "Indian Politicians" and also to the common man:

"We are lucky friends":

Although the ravages of famines which decimated tens of thousands of lives are relegated to history, hunger still haunts millions of disposed homes and city streets across the “Indian Land”. State granaries are full, the economy is resurgent and many of the world’s wealthiest people are Indians. Yet, one in every two Indian children is unable to access enough food for their body and brain to develop to their full potential. Countries much poorer than India in our neighbourhood as well as in the poorest regions of Africa have fared far better in battling hunger and malnourishment.









Governments in India procure and distribute millions of tons of subsidized food, run feeding centers for children and feed a hundred and forty million students daily in schools. Yet, they fail to stem the wasting and misusing of resources thereby losing the spirit of millions of people. Officials’ surveys admit that in an entire decade, the percentage of malnourished children has reduced by just one percentage point, from 47 to 46 percent.

In a country which has both the resources and the food to end want among its entire people, the stubborn persistence of hunger and malnutrition amounts to a spectacular and culpable failure of governance. Today reports of starvation from many corners of the country are brushed away only with hot denials by public officials. They do nothing to alter the diminishing daily search for food through back breaking underpaid toil, debt bondage, and distress migration, foraging and begging which constitutes the realty of millions of our people. It is this that the law can change. This is the article I have recently read in the newspaper.


The Bottom Line:

So Friends I hope to see enacted a law which creates binding obligations on public officials to reach sufficient food to every resident of this vast land “India” and hold them gravely accountable for failures to do so. Instead, all that the draft bill prepared by the ministry. It should be a legal obligation jointly on the Central and the State governments to supply 25 kg of subsidized rice or wheat a month to families deemed by governments who are below “poverty line”. “After all Friends we are human beings and it is our duty on this planet “A man should survive the other when he is in need.”

Its Showtime !!!

It is just an initiative… because change comes with an initiative, isn’t it?



The Earth Hour:


The Earth Hour started in the year 2007 in Sydney, Australia when 2.2 million homes and businesses turned their lights off for one hour to make their stand against climate change. Only a year later and Earth Hour had become a global sustainability movement with more than 50 million people across 35 countries participating. Global landmarks such as the, Sydney Harbor Bridge, The CN Tower in Toronto, The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, and Rome’s Coliseum, all stood in darkness, as symbols of hope for a cause that grows more urgent by the hour.

Over 4000 cities in 88 countries officially switched off to pledge their support for the planet, making Earth Hour 2009 the world’s largest global climate change initiative.











Earth Hour 2010 takes place on Saturday 27 March at 8.30pm (local time) and is a global call to action to every individual, every business and every community throughout the world. It is a call to stand up, to take responsibility, to get involved and lead the way towards a sustainable future. Iconic buildings and landmarks from Europe to Asia to the Americas will stand in darkness.

Earth Hour by WWF:

Earth Hour is organized by WWF. With almost 5 million supporters and a global network in over 100 countries, it’s one of the world’s largest and most respected independent conservation organizations. WWF’s mission is to stop the degradation of the Earth's natural environment and build a future where people live in harmony with nature.



Earth Hour has done a lot to raise awareness of climate change issues. But there’s more to it than switching off lights for one hour once a year. It’s all about giving people a voice on the future of our planet and working together to create a sustainable low carbon future for our planet.

New economic modeling indicates the world has just five years to initiate a low carbon industrial revolution before runaway climate change becomes almost inevitable. But it can be done, and the long term benefits will be enormous.

So now's the time to take a stand and give world leaders the mandate they need to make the right climate deal.

Earth Hour is set to be an historic moment on the climate landscape, a moment of unprecedented global unity that will show the world a resolution to the threat of global warming is possible through collective action.


This is from the official website "www.earthhour.org"




The Bottom Line:

People across the world from all walks of life will turn off their lights and join together in celebration and contemplation of the one thing we all have in common – our planet “Earth”. So are you doing it? Give your support by commenting on my blog.

Driving all around with Passion..No matter what it is, What's Next Ms.Spotz?

“Katie Spotz” completed her mission, becoming the youngest person to row an entire ocean solo and the first American to row a boat without any help from mainland to mainland. After 70 days 5 hours 22 minutes in the Atlantic she arrived in Georgetown, Guyana, in South America.


Ms. Spotz said “You are in a situation that you can’t escape, so you really have to dig deep”, who left on January 3, 2010 from Dakar, Senegal, on the west coast of Africa. Her 4,534-km journey raised more than $70,000 for the “Blue Planet Run Foundation” which finances drinking water projects around the world. Ms. Spotz when approached Cayenne, French Guiana, the wind and currents grew so strong that she would have needed a tow for the last few miles. Sam Williams, who rowed the Atlantic in 2008 communicated with Ms. Spotz via satellite phone during trip.


Ms. Spotz had packed enough food to last 110 days: half a million calories worth of mostly freeze-dried meals, granola and dried fruits. Her crossing took much less time because she had help from the trade currents, and was fortunate not to face any major weather or technical problems. "It was a frightening ride, though the boat was built to withstand hurricanes and 50-foot waves , said “Phil Morrison”, the British yacht builder who designed it.


Ms. Spotz grew up in Mentor, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. Her career as endurance athlete began when she ran her first marathon at age 18. Later she cycled across the united states and became the first person to swim the length of Allegheny River.








The Bottom Line:
That should be the passion, "Hats of to Ms. Spotz" because she has done it for a cause. I am still thinking in my mind how Ms. Spotz spent those 70 days lonely. Can any one try like her? It is impossible because "Lonely is the greatest enemy". My part is over bye.... friends

Cartoons Creates Characters...Seven decades of "Funny" existence:

The famous cartoon Tom and Jerry has held the audience, young and old alike, and it spellbound for over 70 years.


Some never grow old, some never grow up. But how many can be as endearing as they were on “Day One”. Millions of kids across the globe swear that this Tom and Jerry couple continues to charm day after day.







Thanks to the conviction that “William Hanna” and “Joseph Barbera “had in the universal appeal of their “cat and mouse” idea. Hanna and Brabera also created popular cartoons like Yogi Bear, Flintstones , and Scooby-Dod. Precisely because was old stuff they felt that the plot would be understood in any country even without dialogues and so began the unstoppable chase of “Tom and Jerry” with their debut short film “Puss gets the Boot” on February 10th 1940. With music by “Scott Bradley” this one reel animated cartoon released by “Metro Goldwyn Mayer” was nominated for the Oscar. In this the cat name is “jasper” and though the mouse was unnamed in the movie, Jinx is its official name. Good response to this paved way for many more. Little wonder that the series attracted seven Oscar awards, several academy awards and “Times” magazine (2000) praise for being one of the greatest television shows of all the time.

The beauty of this cartoon series is though they usually torment each other, when the life of one is in real danger, the other springs to its rescue. Here, silence is more eloquent than speech. Musical plays an important role. Nevertheless, the message comes across lucidly and hilariously, every one fram any country can easily understand the message.

The Bottom Line:

There are so many things to learn just from this non existing cartoon characters. In my opinion we have to create something which has lasting impression in this world. Another beauty is though they quarrel, they become one when any problem comes. "How Beautiful it would be if we follow the same path followed by cartoons?"

They are not disabled, they are differently able...

The disabled often make impossible things possible. The life of a disabled person is a life full of hurdles and challenges. Every second is a challenge and a game which the differently able person has to win. It is a game with destiny, a game with abilities, a game with dreams and a game with hope. It is the life at its worst but often they do things which we are unable to do even though we do not have any abnormalities.

The disabled often make impossible things possible and we often feel the possible things impossible. They see a ray of hope in every misery and we see miseries every ray of hope. They overcome their disabilities and improve their abilities, but we do not even recognize our abilities in a proper manner. To sat though able are blessed we do not make the full use of the god’s gift given to us and they fight it out with their destiny every second in their life. It is the time that we have to learn a few lessons for them and salute all those unfortunate people who live life to the fullest despite their disabilities.





The Bottom Line:




If you have the will, hunger to succeed and killer instinct by trusting your instincts no force in this universe can take you away from your goal. If we make the full use of the gifts given to us by the almighty we will literally astound ourselves and make our life a fruitful and successful.
Note: Friends don’t take it personally, this is the fact happening around us and some of our politicians are like this. It is true. No more comments. Bye......