Indian globetrotter arrives in Yemen [Archives:2005/870/Local News]

SANA'A- Mr. Debasis De, an Indian citizen, arrived on Friday August 19, 2005, in Sana'a coming from neighboring country of Djibouti. He has been traveling around the world since 1991 spreading the message of world peace and international solidarity among the people of the world. Sponsored mainly by the UNDP, UNICEF, Mr. Debasis has been able to carry out his mission visiting 116 in different continents including Europe, Asia and Africa.

In a statement to the Yemen Times, he described his expedition as exciting and self-satisfactory. He recalls the motive of his journey as being the desire to have a peaceful world. “I like to adventure with a noble cause,” he said.

“I used to be a civil servant, a teacher of mathematics. I thought the world could be better if I travel spreading the culture of solidarity, love, peace and non-violence,” he added. “I am now 43 and I have to visit more 87 countries before I land in Japan, namely in Hiroshima, to underscore the importance of a world sans violence, a world with peace.” He expects his journey to end in 2014.

According to him, he has met with the Indian ambassador to Yemen and the UNDP representative and intends to meet students and young people and talk to them. During his long trip, he has covered some 145 thousand kms and visited thousands of schools in Vietnam, China, Korea, Thailand, Russia, Chechnya, Finland, Norway, Italy, Tunis, Tanzania, Comoros, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Latin America. Mr. Debasis traveled mostly on foot but used different means of transportation such as helicopters in Africa's conflict zones.
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