Okay, so many of us might have noticed the new song jiya se jiya of the latest album connections by the maestro AR Rahman. So a nice concept was shown there ‘FREE HUGS’. There are many a times when all you wanna do is hug someone tight. You feel like hugging someone when you are happy or sad or for no reason. But one thing for sure a hug does make us feel better. Puts a big smile on your face like this :-).
Initially the concept of free hugs was started by a man who is known by all as Juan Mann. It all started on June 30th, 2004, when he landed on Sydney feeling all dejected. Looking all around him he found people hugging each other greeting their loved ones. Having no one to hug him, he took a cardboard and a black marker and made a sign saying “FREE HUGS”. He went to the busy Pit Street Mall and held the sign for a whole 15 minutes when finally an elderly woman tapped on his shoulder for a hug. She was grieving for the death of her dog and her daughter’s first death anniversary. And being alone now, all she wanted in this world was a hug. Juan went down in one knee and hugged her tight and found her smiling when she walked away. This made him realize that everybody in this world could do with a hug. And what better way rather than to give it free. There was also a ban on his free hugs, which was later resumed after around 1000 peopled signed a petition for him. In the mid of 2006, a band, Sick Puppies published a video in youtube “All are one”, which became the official Free hugs video campaign….
Now FREE HUGS has reached INDIA. With AR Rahman’s jiya se jale playing everywhere, we can be assured that there is going to be spreading of more love in this world
You can catch the video All are one and Jiya Se jiya by clicking the folloeing links.
All are one -http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=vr3x_RRJdd4
Jiya se jiya - http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=2j1ATsMBB5A
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