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Deutsche Lieder, Broadway Songs, Poems (Satis Shroff, Freiburg-Kappel)

The mists of Bhaktapur (c) satisshroff)

Hauptbahnhof Freiburg (c) satis shroff

A rhapsody of hues (c)satisshroff, venice

Broadway Songs und Deutsche Lieder aus dem Dreisamtal (Satis Shroff)

Ich hätte nie gedacht, dass ich alte Deutsche Lieder und Broadway-Songs mit den einheimischen Deutschen des Männergesangsverein (Männerchor) in… Continue

Added by Satis Shroff Lecturer, Writer on November 16, 2009 at 8:09am — No Comments

CREATIVE WRITING COMPENDIUM (Satis Shroff, Freiburg-Kappel)

Karnival in Venice (c)satisshroff

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A Lass from the Black Forest (c) satisshroff

SATIS SHROFF’s Creative Writing COMPENDIUM

Communication

Module: Creative Writing: Poems, Short-stories, Microstories

Lecturer: Satish Shroff, B. Sc (Zoology, Botany), Dipl. Social Sciences,… Continue

Added by Satis Shroff Lecturer, Writer on October 30, 2009 at 7:56am — No Comments

Walking Along the Southern Vosges in France (Satis Shroff, Freiburg-Kappel)

(c) Art by satisshroff: Eguisheim, Alsace, France. Good wine, wonderful French countryside, dolche vita provincial

A WALK ALONG THE SOUTHERN VOSGES IN FRANCE (Satis Shroff)

Frankenthal-Missleheim is an excellent nature reserve in the South Vosges of France. You can go along the Col de la Schlucht, which is a gorge, via Trois-Fours, past Martinswald to Frankenthal and Holneck, where you can see the formation… Continue

Added by Satis Shroff Lecturer, Writer on August 26, 2009 at 6:00am — No Comments

Impressions From Zermatt-Matterhorn i9n Switzerland (Satis Shroff)

Impressions From Zermatt-Matterhorn in Switzerland(Satis Shroff)

Sunrise at the Gornergrat 3089 m above sea level and a hearty Continental breakfast in the 3100m high Kulmhotel Gornergrat. What a delightful and unforgettable experience with the panorama of the Alps right in front of you. For people who’ve been to the Himalayas, it’s like breakfast at Lukla or Namche Bazaar. Albeit, with the exception that the Swiss do pamper you with the very best from their kitchen and… Continue

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Impressions From Zermatt-Matterhorn in Switzerland (Satis Shroff)

Impressions From Zermatt-Matterhorn in Switzerland (Satis Shroff)

Sunrise at the Gornergrat 3089 m above sea level and a hearty Continental breakfast in the 3100m high Kulmhotel Gornergrat. What a delightful and unforgettable experience with the panorama of the Alps right in front of you. For people who’ve been to the Himalayas, it’s like breakfast at Lukla or Namche Bazaar. Albeit, with the exception that the Swiss do pamper… Continue

Added by Satis Shroff Lecturer, Writer on August 14, 2009 at 4:30am — No Comments

Satis Shroff: A Zeitgeist Poet From the Himalayas

Tell me something about yourself.

I teach Creative Writing at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg. http://www.zfs.uni-freiburg.de/zfs/dozent/lehrbeauftragte4/index_html/#shroff. I’m a lecturer, poet and writer and have published three books: Im Schatten des Himalaya (book of poems in German), Through Nepalese Eyes (travelogue), Katmandu, Katmandu (poetry and prose anthology by Nepalese… Continue

Added by Satis Shroff Lecturer, Writer on June 4, 2009 at 3:45am — No Comments

Schwarzwaldlyrik: CHIRPS IN MY GARDEN (Satis Shroff)

Schwarzwaldlyrik:

This is a Schwarzwaldbäuering during the Stages festival at Staufen, the town where Dr. Faustus met the Devil.

Muse in the News (c) Art by satisshroff 2009

Bhaktapur above the clouds and the Himalayas (c) Art by satisshroff 2009

Kappel in winter… Continue

Added by Satis Shroff Lecturer, Writer on May 9, 2009 at 6:30am — 1 Comment

Satis Shroff: Lehrbeauftragter aus dem Himalaya in Freiburg

Satis Shroff is a prolific writer and teaches Creative Writing at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg http://www.zfs.uni-freiburg.de/zfs/dozent/lehrbeauftragte4/index_html/#shroff. He is a lecturer, poet and writer and the published author of three books: Im Schatten des Himalaya (book of poems in German), Through Nepalese Eyes (travelogue), Katmandu, Katmandu (poetry and prose anthology by Nepalese authors, edited by Satis Shroff). His lyrical… Continue

Added by Satis Shroff Lecturer, Writer on May 9, 2009 at 6:25am — No Comments

A Minstrel's Songs, Poet Laureate,Ghost Writer & Gurkhas (Satis Shroff)

A minstrel's wanderings and experiences in the Himalayan republic of Nepal

Gainey: A Minstrel’s Songs of Love and Sorrow (Satis Shroff)

Once upon a time,

my grandpa said:

“In Nepal even a child

Can walk the countryside alone.”

It’s just not true,

Not for a Nepalese,

Born with a sarangi in his hand.

I’m a musician,

One of the lower caste

In the Hindu hierarchy.

I… Continue

Added by Satis Shroff Lecturer, Writer on December 22, 2008 at 4:33am — 1 Comment

Frankfurter Buchmesse: Pearls from the Bosporus (Satis Shroff, Freiburg)

Frankfurter Book Fair:

Pearls from the Bosporus (Satis Shroff)

What happens when a TV moderator organises a show and prizes are awarded to Veronica Ferres 43 (best actress), Misel Maticevic 38 (best actor), ‘Contergan’ (best film) and the best show ‘Germany sucht den Superstar?’ An award show is in itself a comedy and slapstick affair but Thomas Gottschalk made a mistake this time. You can’t award stars and starlets, pruducers and directors in the same way you that you… Continue

Added by Satis Shroff Lecturer, Writer on October 17, 2008 at 3:13am — No Comments

A Thousand Years of Zähringen (Satis Shroff, Freiburg)

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 heart on the top, a work of art. Like all such celebrations, the 1000 years of Zähringen began with a… Continue

Added by Satis Shroff Lecturer, Writer on June 20, 2008 at 3:08am — No Comments

Goethe: A German Writer of the First Rank (Satis Shroff, Freiburg im Breisgau)

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, he left behind more than 15,000 letters, diaries relating to the 52 years of his life and… Continue

Added by Satis Shroff Lecturer, Writer on May 6, 2008 at 3:41am — No Comments

Women's Rights in Nepal (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, because till now Nepal is only known for its tough male Gurkha soldiers who fought on the side of the British in the First and… Continue

Added by Satis Shroff Lecturer, Writer on April 22, 2008 at 6:53am — No Comments

Dalit issue: The Rights of the Poor and Underdogs in Nepal (Satis Shroff)

Dalit issue: The Rights of the Untouchables in Nepal (Satis Shroff)

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 historic Constituent Assembly elections held on April 10, 2008.

The 89-page report Recasting Justice: Securing Dalit… Continue

Added by Satis Shroff Lecturer, Writer on April 22, 2008 at 3:54am — No Comments

North Sea: LONGING FOR LANGEOOG (Satis Shroff)

Stuck in the tidal flats of Langeoog (C) satisshroff

LONGING FOR LANGEOOG (Satis Shroff)

Thomas, a burly, bearded botanist turned IT-specialist in Basle, and I decided to make a Herrnnachmittag out of a sunny day, despite the clouds in the vast horizon of the North Sea Isle of Langeoog, where we were spending our holidays with our near and dear ones. There we were, two croonies spending the afternoon, after an extended… Continue

Added by Satis Shroff Lecturer, Writer on April 15, 2008 at 4:31am — No Comments

Wolfgang Graf: A Freiburger Feingeist (Satis Shroff)

Bewegungs art performance

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 quality control department of a factory lab, which produced… Continue

Added by Satis Shroff Lecturer, Writer on March 29, 2008 at 10:59am — No Comments

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 the reasons of staging the Olympic Games is that we want to make money. But the greater value of… Continue

Added by Satis Shroff Lecturer, Writer on March 27, 2008 at 10:00am — 2 Comments

Commentary on the Katmandu Kumari (Satis Shroff, Freiburg)

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 jet black hair, which are tied neatly on top. And she wears the third eye of… Continue

Added by Satis Shroff Lecturer, Writer on March 6, 2008 at 8:04am — 1 Comment

The Charms of Written English (Satis Shroff, Freiburg)

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 by almost 2000 million people. Daniel Defoe defined this hybrid language as a… Continue

Added by Satis Shroff Lecturer, Writer on March 3, 2008 at 3:16pm — No Comments