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Africa-Reborn or Perish?
(Opinions)
28-10-2004
by Dereje Amera
AFRICA
Africa is a continent blessed with potential natural and human resources. But, today the continent is crying with begging hands for it is in the depth of many problems looking for assistance, even though there is a claim that Africans...
AIDS - Beyond Health Problem
(Opinions)
7-12-2004
by Dereje Amera
What we were trained in schools, about positive and negatives, was all about integers in mathematics and magnets in physics subjects. Today this phenomenon has manifested itself in a different way within human beings, and it is becoming normal in...
All are equal
(Poésie)
7-03-2010
by Dereje Amera
In our world, the past is shaped by few
But few claim God has designed it
For we do not know, whose design it was
Atrocity, lies and deception are not of God
Who has been playing with our minds all these years
Claiming matters of no clue,...
BACKBITING
(Opinions)
5-11-2004
by Dereje Amera
Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. James, 4:11...
Become an Entrepreneur for Community, not for Money
(Opinions)
24-10-2004
by Dereje Amera
We live in a world whose events are paradoxical. In one aspect, the happenings in this world ignite lights of hope, but in another aspect they darken our hearts with fear and frustration, whose magnitude and effects are hard to scale.
The...
Corruption - A Social Evil
(Opinions)
22-12-2004
by Dereje Amera
Three thousand five hundred years ago, the Law of Moses condemned bribery. Over the centuries since then, anticorruption laws have proliferated. Nevertheless, legislation has not succeeded in curbing corruption. Millions of bribes change hands...
Desert Water
(Poésie)
5-05-2007
by Dereje Amera
As there is cloud in the sky
One day blue and in another foggy
Who can tell, when there is no sun
There is light or brighter moon
One man said, I saw ice in a desert
Getting melted, breaking down to none
Putting things in a wrong time...
Do All Questions Have Answers?
(Opinions)
22-03-2005
by Dereje Amera
The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.
—Ellen Parr
Questions resonate doubts. Our world and our life are full of questions, where curios minds are not at rest unless they find answers. Questions have tremendous...
End Never Ends
(Poésie)
15-11-2004
by Dereje Amera
I felt so exuberant, for I achieved
Which gave a birth to another end
To start a walk, to have a look
To see myself, where I stopped
To clap my hands, for what I did
To cheer my joy, to go to a pub
To have a drink, for what I have done
To...
Ethiopian Food Heritage is Unique
(Opinions)
15-08-2005
by Dereje Amera
The history of Ethiopia, known to many as Abyssinia, is rich, ancient, and still in part unknown. It is in the Afar region of Ethiopia where scientists discovered the remains of “Lucy” or Dinkenesh, meaning “thou art wonderful,” as she is known...
Ethiopianism-Who defines this?
(Opinions)
30-01-2005
by Dereje Amera
We live in a world where our patriotic feelings and ambitions reigned over our individuality, and we tend to forget and realize our nature as human being is multi-purposed. Since this world is governed by two major rules of our universe besides...
Freedom
(Opinions)
26-10-2004
by Dereje Amera
I was not born to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let us see who is strongest.
-Henry Thoreau
Are we all free? Living on this planet earth, where life is limited by time and space, our interaction is limited to 24 hours a...
In Chains
(Poésie)
26-05-2005
by Dereje Amera
I live in chains—with fetters of this world
Borne within me—I can’t get rid off
They say to me—detach yourself
In church pulpit—speak of proud
I can’t detach—I love this world
They can’t detach—they love this world
I want to eat—what is in...
Is Beauty Integrity?
(Opinions)
20-06-2005
by Dereje Amera
“Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it.”
Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC)
As people say: Beauty is skin deep, which illustrates the importance and essential aspect of inner beauty. Inner beauty can be related to what one thinks and...
Kindness is human
(Poésie)
17-06-2009
by Dereje Amera
( Loving and Caring : picture by Krishna Giri )
One is created as human
To be kind and good to all.
Who created cruel, which comes from inside
Making others suffer and think of evil?
When living as good is still a choice,
Thinking holy...
Mad Mystery
(Poésie)
12-05-2007
by Dereje Amera
In a world where duality is in
One talks to self to look a mystery
Walks on every place searching for truth
Until one finds it, one is unrest
While such drama is going somewhere
Many look confused and lost the truck
Putting themselves in...
Marriage — A Challenge for the Present Generation
(Opinions)
22-12-2005
by Dereje Amera
In Hollywood, having second wife or husband, getting divorced, and living in commonlaw marriage is norm. Newspapers appear very excited to report the news of such activies among celebrities. Elton John married his long time partner David Furnish...
Media and the World
(Opinions)
6-12-2005
by Dereje Amera
Our lives are full of unpredictable events and unexpected situations. Sometimes there is such an extensive amount of information available it is difficult to arrive at a concrete conclusion. People have different theories and assumptions, all of...
Mystic Love
(Poésie)
25-10-2004
by Dereje Amera
I have feelings of high emotions
Vibrating so deep inside
To share feelings or passions
When I see rose, it looks like
Watching the sun, it brings it up
Looking at moon, vitalizes whole
Stars alone offer a life
Birds singing, I say it...
Nationalism
(Opinions)
3-10-2004
by Dereje Amera
Nationalism
Nationalism is an infantile disease, the measles of mankind.
—Albert Einstein
It is indeed important and essential to love one’s nation for it is the best way of expressing one’s love towards the same...
Overcoming is just a beginning
(Poésie)
11-05-2008
by Dereje Amera
Who is there to tell the world, i know every thing
in a world, knowing is limited, even to the knower
Where guess and speculations are the only way, but precision is hard to derive
Can any one know the whole-seeing the glimpse is only posiible...
Participation
(Opinions)
3-10-2004
by Dereje Amera
Participation has two forms. One is with conversation, and the other is with action. Conversation deals with consultation of any matter among the members of any community so as to derive to a best and effective decision, which helps the...
REALITY NEVER TOUCHED
(Poésie)
15-05-2007
by Dereje Amera
In a world where all are connected with ray
Radiation is the very source of life here
Who can survive if it i stopped for one day
No creature can live with out this bounty
The Sun created the ray to all of us
We may receive light and...
Sun in Cloud
(Poésie)
15-05-2007
by Dereje Amera
Who can tell darkness in light
When there is light, there is no dark
As the reverse happens in mid day sun
Where the sun stops giving its light
I am thirst of the Sun, which gives also a heat
Light is found in the argon bulbs, can be made...
The Color of Silence
(Opinions)
6-10-2005
by Dereje Amera
Silence is the true friend that never betrays.
—Confucius
People say, “Silence is golden”, yes, of course. Many people can agree with that as far as it does not lead to a different and undesired end. Silence is a good way of expressing one’s...
The consequences of leadership
(Opinions)
13-06-2008
by Dereje Amera
In our living world, various leaders have come, passed by and influenced our reality as human beings. They have interfered in the decisions and moral choices that societies make in the daily operation of their lives. Leaders have shaped humanity...
The Harmony of Science and Religion
(Opinions)
16-10-2005
by Dereje Amera
Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.
Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)
Our world is a huge laboratory every time people test various ideas and dreams. The people are the tools in the laboratory where they assist...
The Mystery of Mysteries
(Poésie)
14-03-2008
by Dereje Amera
In a world where REALITIES are many
In one aspect they are true, but in another they are like mirages.
When one thinks of them as if one finds the truth
They are found to be fake, and are found to be false
As TRUTH and HAPPINNESS are two...
The Reality of Life
(Poésie)
12-02-2008
by Dereje Amera
In a world, where Reality is dual
One is clear and so visual
The other is hidden, can not be known
Who can tell, I have lived a life?
In a world, faculties are corrupted and biased
Faith and denial are living in a combined wall
Who is...
The Sound of Silence
(Poésie)
25-10-2004
by Dereje Amera
When one is a sleep, one never talks
One never hears, and never eats
But, there is world inside one’s being
Which is moving, and going active
Sleeping in bed, with no voice
One is going to the whole-place
Shopping, walking and taking a...
The world of the pending
(Poésie)
19-06-2008
by Dereje Amera
Living in a world in which nothing is not nothing,
Where one starts something, but ends with many or no things,
The process is the envelope and the for title one is told anything;
No one has a clue. “It is evolutionary,”
Was the reply all...
Violence—Untamed Force Abused!
(Opinions)
8-08-2005
by Dereje Amera
Human beings, as defined by psychologists, are social animals, which needs revision for re-defining their nature, which is dependent upon the existence of others for interaction and communication for existence and survival. It is very fascinating...
What is Fortune!
(Poésie)
29-04-2007
by Dereje Amera
In the World of Knowledge
Ignorance becomes fortune
Where some wants more respect from us
Using the stick of obedience to oppress
In the World where thinking is considered as sin
Who wants to stay there, unless Justice is seen
Showing...
What is Love?
(Opinions)
21-11-2005
by Dereje Amera
Poets, singers, writers, philosophers and many other great people of the planet have described it in a tool that they have felt it proper and describable. No one has told us whether they have seen or touched it. Among the external senses of man,...
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