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Satish Kumar : ''Europe needs an amount of Eastern Wisdom''

1962. More than 8000 miles of journey on foot from India to the capitals of the former Allies. Four bags of tea to be delivered to the leaders of nuclear powers : France, UK, USSR, USA. One message : “When you think you need to press the button, stop for a minute and have a fresh cup of tea”. Probably to most of us sounds like a farytale. For Katish Kumar is the story of his life..The author of 'No Destination',  a former Jain monk and later follower of Gandhi's movement talks to cafebabel.com about Europe, Greece, and gives another viewpoint to the ''clash of civilizations''. He insists that borders are not a solution and that West needs a little...oriental spirit.


How do you see Europe after actually walking  on this content? How do you feel? Have you seen any common things?



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Thursday, September 2 2010 By Giorgos - Corinthian column

We are recruting for Orient Express!

Journalists! Photographers! 

Recruiting 'Orient Express Reporters' for 8 Balkan capitals From cities and the crisis to the Balkans. After five successful years reporting monthly from Europe in the framework of our 'on the ground' all-expenses paid editorial project, cafebabel.com is happy to announce we will continue to send five journalists - outside the EU. For once! This includes one of the Paris-based magazine's six editors and a photojournalist from the cafebabel.com citizen media network. There's so much high-level jabber of 'prospects', 'politics' and 'EU membership' - Turkish accession to the EU?! Kosovo's independence from Serbia?! Visa-free travel for Albania and Bosnia?! Is Macedonia the only Balkan state who hasn't applied for the EU!? Why is it at loggerheads with Greece over a name...?! 

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Saturday, August 28 2010 By Giorgos - Doric column

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