Perhaps, they would have, such was the chuckling atmosphere at Cubbon Park where hundreds of ever-laughing members of various laughter clubs laughed till their stomachs ached on the occasion of World Laughter Day celebrated here today. It was a ticklish job, convincing one that laughter is a serious business . And they were not bothered in the least about what others would think of them. Actually speaking, nobody had the time to think, so much was there to laugh about. Despite that they succeeded in doing what they wanted as the passersby and on-lookers also almost spontaneously burst into an uncontrolled laughter.
Laughter is as old as human history.
But perhaps, the history of laughter clubs is relatively young. With a beginning such as that there was no looking back for him or for the enthusiastic senior citizens of Bangalore who in the span of three years have opened over 25 laughter clubs and have many more in the making, with the intention of reaching out to the rest of Bangalore. Laughter makes us happy and healthy, says Mr Satyanarayana. Not very far behind was the message from Mr Kataria, founder-director of the Laughter Club in India, addressing the various clubs from all over India. He opines that war in the world today is because there is no internal harmony within oneself and to bring about world peace one should be able to be at peace from within.