Posted in Uncategorized, tagged beides, Congress Party, democracy, deomcracy, despite differences, Leninist Parts, Maoists, Marxist party, mero bhesh, mero desh, Miteinander, Nepal, republican nepal, Shah dynasty, shsh dynasty, togetherness, vive la difference on June 23, 2008 | No Comments »
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Commentary:
ADIEU ROYAL FAMILY IN NEPAL (Satis Shroff)
König Birendra fragte mich: “Gefällt es Ihnen hier?”
Ich war so überwältigt von der neue, einmalige Situation, daß ich gar nicht wußte, ob ich in Nepali oder in Englisch reden sollte. Ich neigte mich [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bertold I, Bertold IV, Burgervereine, castle ruins, duke of Zaringen, dux de Zaringen, Freiburg im Breisgau, Herzog, Zaringen, Zähringen on June 19, 2008 | No Comments »
1000 Years of Zähringen (Satis Shroff)
The ruins of Zähringen’s castle lies on a hillock overlooking the Vale of Dreisam. And the hamlet of Zähringen is a part of Freiburg. Zähringen is 1000 years old, reason enough to celebrate a festival with the inauguration of the Zähringer fountain, which is a tall monolith with a scarlet [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged basle, bern, european soccer, Guggemusik, helvetia, samba music, schwyzerdeutsch, swiss goodies, swiss leckerli, the Rhine, zürich on June 13, 2008 | No Comments »
Public Viewing Zeitgeist (Satis Shroff, Freiburg)
The scene is at the Joggeli ,
A stadium in Basel, Switzerland.
The Czechs think the Germans are going to be behind them.
Karel Brückner wears a black muffler on this humid afternoon.
The Swiss Nati enters the arena.
Yodel songs, Alp horns, an elegant Miss Swiss saunters by,
Samba music reminiscent of Guggemusik at Fasnet,
Swiss [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Goethe's Zeitgeist, Frankfurt, Weimar, Wetzlar, Strassburg, Rome, Italy, literary genius, world literature, German literature on May 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Goethe: A Writer of the First Rank (Satis Shroff, Freiburg)
Johann Wolfgang Goethe, who was lifted to nobility as J. W.von Goethe in 1782, was born on August 28, 1749 in the town of Frankfurt. The Goethes lived in a large, comfortable house in the Hirschgasse, now called Goethe Haus. Besides practical, scientific and autobiographical writings, [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged human rights, women, nari, weaker-sex, gendering, women's rights, Mother Nepal, Ramayana's Sita, savitri, laxmi, modern Nepalese woman, education for women, quotes for women, equal rights, civil rights on April 22, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Women’s Rights in a Former Hindu Kingdom(Satis Shroff)
The work draws on my own experience and observations during my visits to Kathmandu. Since Nepal is one of those rare places which Nature and culture-enthusiasts would like to visit, I thought the plight of the Nepalese women ought to be told in your website, because till now [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Miteinander, dalits, poor, untouchables, caste-system, hinduism, buddhism, bon-religion, animism, Gods, Goddesses, inhuman, caste, creed, discrimination, towards togetherness on April 22, 2008 | No Comments »
Dalit issue: Towards Rights for the Poor, Untouchables, Underdogs of the Nepalese Society
Nepal’s new constitution must recognize and protect the fundamental human rights of Dalits, says a new
report released today by the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice (CHRGJ) at New York University School of Law. The report was released on the heels of Nepal?s [...]
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Posted in Beijing, China, Dalai Lama, Han-Chinese, Lhasa, Miteinander, Peace, Tibet, Tibetans, respect, togetherness, tolerance, wisdom, tagged Dalai Lama, Tibet, China, Han-Chinese, Lhasa, Beijing, Olympics, human rights, tolerance, Peace, respect on April 3, 2008 | No Comments »
Commentary on Tibet:
Dalai Lama’s Realpolitik: A Policy of Appeasement (Satis Shroff)
The Chinese poet Dong Guanfu writes in his blog: “We cannot win the heart of the Tibetans if we only develop their economy. If we cannot manage to understand this, then many other conflicts will follow. There’s no denying that one of the reasons of [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on March 31, 2008 | No Comments »
Wolfgang Graf: A Freiburger Feingeist (Satis Shroff)
Wolfgang Graf was born in Freiburg-Zähringen and did his schooling at the Kepler Gymnasium. Later he studied Biology and Chemistry at the Freiburger University because he thought then that it would be good to be a teacher in a school. But he didn’t teach and worked instead in the [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on March 6, 2008 | No Comments »
The Living Goddess Kumari:
Hush! Gods Cannot Die in Nepal (Satis Shroff)
The Kumari, who is worshipped as the Living Goddess in Katmandu, is a small girl who lives in a beautiful palace with exquisitely carved wooden windows called the Palace of the Kumari. You can recognise her on her scarlet sari with golden edges, her pagoda-formed [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on March 3, 2008 | No Comments »
The Charms of Written English (Satis Shroff)
Words and expressions change their meanings when a language leaves its native environment and the meanings change and are lost in translation, creating embarrasing, humorous situations. Speech is a cacophony of noises, rhythms and tunes, whereas the printed page is what it is. English is a global language spoken [...]
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