Page 1 of Satis Shroff's writing

1. Poetry Review: Wings of Time (Satis Shroff) Review: Sharma, Suyog Wings of Time, Publisher Basundhara Sharma, St. Mary’s Hill (India) First Edition 2007, 56 pages, $ 10 (ISBN: None) Wings of Time is a work of power in the sense that the young poet was aware in his musings that life... (posted by Satis 1 year 127 days ago.)

2. Schwarzwald Chronicle: Triberg and Schönwald Triberg, with its hamlets Nussbach and Grammelsbach, is a lovely spa-town and has the highest waterfalls in Germany, surrounded by wild and untamed nature. The town of Triberg is associated with four other townships: Schonach, Schönwald... (posted by Satis 1 year 227 days ago.)

3. Commentary: German Waltz versus Argentinian Tango Stop the press. Germany, this historically disciplined and merciless soccer nation, that shot a penalty to the sky during a world championship since 1974, has overrun England with 4:1. Podolski, even though born in Poland, scored against the Brit... (posted by Satis 1 year 330 days ago.)

4. Mark Twain: The Writer With the Texan Drawl Mark Twain's pith and wit are phenomenal in American literature,' says Michael Shelden in his book Mark Twain: Man in White(Random House 522pp.,$30) . The author of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was a man named Samuel Langhorne Clemens and he... (posted by Satis 2 years 24 days ago.)

5. Medical Ethnology: Healing and Shamanism (Satis Shroff) A shaman is a person who goes beyond the normal, ordinary sensory reception and perception of mortals into deeper dimensions. You can also enter this perceptive phase if you take the time and develop the inclination to delve deeper into the matter... (posted by Satis 2 years 44 days ago.)

6. The Gesture of a Goddess Once upon a time there was a demon named Gurumapa was buried in the grounds of the Tudikhel in Catmandu. The legend also mentions that Gurumapa comes and steals children, much like the Pied Piper of Hameln who wasn't paid the promised sum by the... (posted by Satis 2 years 65 days ago.)

7. German Cuisine: Schwarzwäldertorte, Speck & Sausages OBERRIED Oberried is a wellness place, tucked away on the highest Black Forest mountains. From here you can trek to Feldberg and Schauinsland. There's a church with a big, the Heimatmuseum called Schniederlihof', the mountain... (posted by Satis 2 years 74 days ago.)

8. Zeitgeistlyrik: SUNNY SUNDAY Sunny Sunday Lyrik Its Sunday today Dearest, you lie near me. I dare not awaken you, You look so lovely, (posted by Satis 2 years 94 days ago.)

9. European Ethnology: Saying Goodbye to Winter European Ethnology: FASNET IN FREIBURG-KAPPEL Narri! Narro! The fasnet has begun and the scary and hideous Schauinsland Berggeister, spirits from the mountains, have stormed the local kindergarten and school. The spirits are motley attired... (posted by Satis 2 years 105 days ago.)

10. LIEDERKRANZ: A Wreath of Songs (Satis Shroff, Freiburg-Kappel) LIEDERKRANZ: A Wreath of Songs (Satis Shroff, Freiburg-Kappel) A burly, baldy waiter shuffled by with a tray full of beer bottles and wine glasses for the delight of the guests at the festival hall in Freiburg-Kappel. Elderly... (posted by Satis 2 years 140 days ago.)

11. Creative Writing Critique: Swiss Book Prize 09 (Satis Shroff) MEHR MEER A translator and essayist Born in 1946 in Slovakia, Grew up in Switzerland, Living in Zrich, Won the Swiss Buch.09 award And 50,000 Swiss Franks. The jury was delighted With her Mehr Meer ,' Written... (posted by Satis 2 years 187 days ago.)

12. Walking 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... (posted by Satis 2 years 275 days ago.)

13. Black Forest Lyrik Schwarzwaldlyrik (Black Forest Poems): AUTUMN LEAVES IN KAPPEL (Satis Shroff) Autumn leaves dancing in the sky, Gleaming as the sunlight Caresses them. Out in the distance, The blue Schwarzwald, With its melange ... (posted by Satis 3 years 118 days ago.)

14. Frankfurter Buchmesse: Pearls from the Bosporus Frankfurter Book Fair: 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... (posted by Satis 3 years 223 days ago.)

15. A Thousand Years of Zähringen The ruins of Zähringen's castle lies o n 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... (posted by Satis 3 years 342 days ago.)

16. Goethe: A German Writer of the First Rank 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... (posted by Satis 4 years 22 days ago.)

17. Dalai Lama's Realpolitik: A Policy of Appeasement Commentary on Tibet: Dalai Lama's Realpolitik: A Policy of Appeasement 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... (posted by Satis 4 years 55 days ago.)

18. On Doctor Faustus and Mephistopheles Dr. Johann Faust, the man who sold his soul to the Devil. A mythical figure? Certainly not. I went to the pretty town of Staufen via Bad Krözingen from Freiburg. From the distance you can see the ruins of a castle looming above the vineyards on a... (posted by Satis 4 years 223 days ago.)

19. Votive Art in the Swiss Alps Switzerland : Votive Images of the Mountain Chapel at Stoos Stoos is located in the Alp world of inner Switzerland 1300m above sea-level. This was once a region dominated by shepherds and farmers. Till 1933 you could go to Stoos only by foot... (posted by Satis 4 years 286 days ago.)

20. Impressions From Switzerland It’s a sunny afternoon when Claudia and I boarded the ICE (Inter City Express) train from the Black Forest town Freiburg, then switch trains at the Swiss Badische Bahnhof (SBB) and travelled via Olten in a Swiss regional train towards Luzern. The... (posted by Satis 4 years 288 days ago.)

21. Bombay Brothel ‘ You’re not going to get away this time. And you’ll never ever bring a Nepalese child To a Bombay brothel,’ I said to myself. I’d killed a man who’d betrayed me And sold me to an old, cunning Indian woman, (posted by Satis 4 years 363 days ago.)

22. OLERON: An Unforgettable Isle on the Atlantic Coast (Satis Shroff, Freiburg) It was a beautiful sight. The sun was going down after a hot and sultry day, a scarlet mass, and the sky was a bright orange with shades of yellow and azure above. There were some clouds languidly moving ahead. A flock of sea-gulls dived and... (posted by Satis 5 years 5 days ago.)

23. The Charms of Spoken English Whether you hear Radio Nepal, the BBC, CNN or the Voice of America, there’s no such thing as ‘correct spoken English.’ There is no standard as such, even though the Queen’s English is regarded as a measuring yard. As George Bernard Shaw said, ‘No... (posted by Satis 5 years 16 days ago.)

24. Beliefs and Customs in Germany and Nepal Whereas the older people in Asia pray the whole day and are in communion with God because the life-span in Asia is shorter, I had the impression here in Europe that the older generation are still living it up. You’re pensioned at 67 years in... (posted by Satis 5 years 16 days ago.)

25. The Interitance of Loss and Loss of Intercultural Competence ‘ My characters are purely fictional,' says Kiran Desai. In her book (The Inheritance of Loss) she has tried to do exactly that, namely to capture her own knowledge about what it means to travel between East and West, and to examine the lives of... (posted by Satis 5 years 16 days ago.)