Freiburg Green City Honours Writer Satis Shroff

“One day, a tall and burly, unshaven Albanian man came to the social office and took us as prisoners. He had a big plastic bag with a canister of petrol and a gun in his hand and said, “If you don’t do what I say I’ll blow you all up.” We were terrified. He was a father who’s daughter had been taken away by the social department because he’d been maltreating her. Whew! That was a traumatic experience. I thought my life was going to end there,” said Satis Shroff.

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Lyrik: BOMBAY BURNING (Satis Shroff)

BOMBAY BURNING (Satis Shroff) Munjo Mumbai! Bombay’s burning. All Muslims are not terrorists, Although some Muslims are. Not all Hindus are honourable, But many are. Whether one is a terrorist, Lies in the eyes of the observer. Are the eyes Those of Hindus or Muslims, Jains or Sikhs, Christians or Parsis, Buddhists or Bahais, Animists [...]

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Through Nepalese Eyes (Satis Shroff)

‘Through Nepalese Eyes’ is about the journey of a young Nepalese woman to Germany to meet her brother, who lives with his German wife and daughter in an allemanic town named Freiburg. It is a travelogue written by a sensitive, modern British public-school educated man. He describes the two worlds: Asia and Europe and the [...]

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