Day: January 5, 2015

Africa

January 5, 2015

Ethiopia’s forsaken

A country where 16% of the population “suffers from some kind of mental health disorders”, and just one specialized psychiatrist hospital Kalkidan Yibeltal Standing unassumingly at the foothold of Mount Entoto, the octagonal building of Saint Mary Church looks over the ever widening Addis Abeba. Built in the nineteenth century, the church, quite prominently, played host to the coronation of…
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Travel

January 5, 2015

Lake Nakuru National Park: A paradise on earth

There are a few places in the world where you can simply park your vehicle, get out and expect to see thousands of some of the world’s mesmerizing birds. Lake Nakuru National park in Kenya is one of them! Located in Central Kenya, some 140km northwest of the capital Nairobi, Lake Nakuru National Park is the precious asset of the…
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January 5, 2015

The toll of “Aristocratic Spirit” in academia

Taye Negussie (PhD) Plato’s Academia, founded around 300 B.C in classical Greek, is widely thought to be the precursor of the modern University System. Plato’s motif in establishing a residential educational center by then was reportedly his conviction that the virtuous path to truth is a persistent rational deliberation and exchange of ideas among those who feel free and equal…
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