An unusual vow for world peace

For the past 25 years, Mani Manithan of Tamil Nadu has been walking backwards in a bizarre bid to achieve world peace. He started in 1989, after a string of violent incidents in his home country India shocked him. Now he says that he's gotten so used to it that he couldn't walk straight even if he wanted to!
“On the international level, terrorism has increased,” he said. “To condemn such incidents I have been walking backwards for 25 years. My only agenda is world peace,” he added.
Of course, Manithan has achieved little success – nothing has really changed. But he isn't one to give up. He has vowed not to stop until the world is a peaceful place to live in.