APRIL 1945 (Satis Shroff) She wore a red winter coat And held a walking stick in his hand. Gabriela Klein crossed the zebra crossing, Next to the new black university library. A company of soldiers in combat gear Came in from across the street. Her steps slowed and her body shook. In her…

Bio: Lecturer, writer, poet, artist, content creator. Satis Shroff is a German writer & poet of Nepalese descent, based in Freiburg (poems, fiction, non-fiction) and has studied Zoology and Botany in Nepal, Medicine and Social Sciences in Germany and Creative Writing in Freiburg and the United Kingdom. The German media…

Law enforcement officers are documenting Russian crimes against the civilian population, including torture and murder, in the territories of Kharkiv region liberated from the Russian army. UKRAINE BLUES: PUTIN’S ETERNAL NUKE THREATS (Satis Shroff) Vladimir Putin has warned that Russians are “no longer angry to fight” in Ukraine. The fact…

THE ABODE OF THE GODS (Satis Shroff) Some Nepalese learned to read and write Other Nepalese couldn’t afford it. Some Nepalese wrote poems and short stories, Others enjoyed the readings. Some Nepalese were awarded scholarships, Others had to work after school. A few Nepalese went to Oxford and Harvard, Others…

The Chance to Change (Satis Shroff) “Education is the best thing in the world for Nepal’s children, be they Gurkhas, Sherpas or Madeshis. And what Nepal needs most in this crucial transitional period is peace, co-operation between the different ethnic groups, a craving to mend ways, build bridges between its…

I Heard the Thrushes (Satis Shroff) Ah, I heard the thrushes sing this morning, Among the bushes. It felt like Spring. The blackbirds, finches and swallows Have kept me company in winter. The stone walls and brown eaves Are wet with constant rain. The grey clouds have given to faint…

Satis Shroff (Nepal/ Deutschland) ist Dozent, Schriftsteller, Dichter und Künstler. Er lebt in Freiburg und schreibt über ökologische, medizin-ethnologische und kultur-ethnische Themen und singt beim Männergesangverein-Kappel. Er hat Zoologie und Botanik in Nepal, Sozialarbeit und Medizin in Freiburg und Creative Writing in Freiburg und UK studiert. …

This time Satis Shroff tells you in his prosepoem about Nepal’s Wandering Minstrels called Gaineys, who go from village to village throughout the country and besondere Northern India with their crude versions of the violin and sing about kings, princesses, love-stories.. PROSEPOEM: A MINSTREL’S SONGS OF LOVE AND SORROW (Satis Shroff) Go away, you maya. Disappear. Haunt me not in …