Lindenberg in the Schwarzwald (Satis Shroff)

LINDENBERG (Satis Shroff)   Lindenberg is a serene and tranquil 700m hilltop nestled between the Black Forest and the Rhine Valley. From the hilltop you can overlook the Rhine Valley, the Kaiserstuhl and even the Vosges Mountains in Alsace (France). It got its name from a big birch tree which grew on the hill (‘linde’ [...]

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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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GAINEY: A Himalayan Minstrel’s Songs of Love & Sorrow (Satis Shroff)

(c) Art & Nepali poem by satisshroff The way was long, the wind cold The minstrel was infirm and old; His withered cheek and tresses grey Seemed to have known a better day (Sir Walter Scott in ‘The Lay of the Last Minstrel’) Gainey: A Minstrel’s Songs of Love and Sorrow (Satis Shroff) Go away, [...]

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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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Ade, Royals in the Shadow of the Himalayas (Satis Shroff)

<!– @page { size: 21cm 29.7cm; margin: 2cm } P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } –> 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 [...]

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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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