British Gurkhas: A Nepalese Mother’s Tears (Satis Shroff)

Summary: Nepalese journalist Satis Shroff wrote about a Nepalese mother who waits for her to return from the British Gurkha Army in vain. This story has affected thousands of mothers in Nepal, a poverty-stricken country where the sons join the foreign armies  to eke out a living because they have no chance to educate themselves [...]

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Gainey: A Minstrel’s Songs from the Himalayas (Satis Shroff)Hi

Gainey: A Minstrel’s Songs of Love and Sorrow (Satis Shroff) Go away, you maya. Disappear. Haunt me not In my dreams.. What has become of my country? ———- My Nepal, what has become of you? Your features have changed with time. The innocent face of the Kumari Has changed to the blood-thirsty countenance Of Kal [...]

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Women’s Rights in a Former Hindu Kingdom (Satis Shroff)

  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, [...]

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Dalai Lama’s Realpolitik: A Policy of Appeasement (Satis Shroff)

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 [...]

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