FREIBURGER ZEITGEISTLITERATURE (Satis Shroff)

Freiburger Nepalese Association & Satis Shroff NEPAL HELPLINE: We in Freiburg also did the same with candles this evening at the Augustinerplatz (5pm) to remember the Nepalese and foreign visitors who lost their lives in Nepal due to the earthquake recently. May their souls rest in peace. The Nepalese students and residents of Freiburg gathered around three tables with information of the works of the Freiburger Nepalese Association​ and donations for the quake victims were invited. We would like to thank the people who donated. There was even a bride who gathered money from her wedding guests for Nepal, instead of going out to drink with them, and told us that we should pray for her long life. We assured her we'd do that.   --- Satis Shroff's Zeitgeistliterature​ & the FNA https://www.facebook.com/beautifulbhaktapur/photos/a.251027265102031.1073741828.250630345141723/364084623796294/?type=1 https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/v/t...

We in Freiburg will also be doing the same with candles this evening at the Augustinerplatz (5pm) to remember the Nepalese and foreign visitors who lost their lives in Nepal due to the earthquake recently. May their souls rest in peace. --  Creative City Freiburg / Satis Shroff Zeitgeistlyrik: RING THE TEMPLE BELLS (Satis Shroff) Ring the temple bells of Pashupati, The lofty Dharara tower is razed down, A quake rages over Nepal. The hungry tremor buries humans As the soil parts, Swallowing what lay above. Ring the stupa gongs of Swayambhu, Our memories are so treacherous, For we've ignored the warnings, Of a forthcoming disastrous quake. A week hence the Swiss search-team, Gives up its sniffing canine Tail-waggling sleuths. What remains is confounded decay Of tourists and Nepalis, Under piles of debris. The Nepali Army digs still, And saves the souls of some. Ring the cloister bells of Tengboche, Burn the incense sticks, Offer tormas to the Buddhist and Hindu deit...

NEPAL: AFTER THE QUAKE (Satis Shroff) (Acryl by Satis Shroff: Kanchenjung Massif) The birds were flying in panic in the sky over the Durbar Square and Basantapur, Asan Tole like in a scenario from an Alfred Hitchcock film. The temples on which they formerly roosted had been pulverised and what remained were gigantic conical heaps. The famous Nautale Durbar temple in the Basantapur Square has been destroyed and the white neo-classical Rana palace from where the former kings and royalty of Nepal used to greet the folk is also partially damaged. The Dhara tower, about which we Nepalese used to read about and the exploits of Junga Bahadur Rana, has also been demolished. Over 4000 people have died, 6,500 injured, and the death toll is expected to be more under the piles of earth, wood and bricks. A strong earthquake lasting almost 2 minutes hit Kathmandu in the morning of April 27, 2015 measuring 7,8 on the Richter scale, according to USGS. The epicentre l...

O Catmandu! (Satis Shroff) O Catmandu! All I see is rubble, People buried by bricks, Waste fragments of stone. Wooden struts from ancient temples, Loose stones, Tumbled houses. The cries, shouts and helplessness, In Nepali and Newari tongues. Mothers looking for their children, Young Nepalese mourning the dead, People in motion, Searching incessantly, Like ants on heaps of rubble, That were once unesco heritage sites. The pagoda skyline has vanished. O Catmandu! The convulsions of the earth's surface, Has in the past demanded its toll Of human lives, As far back as 1934. When the Indian subcontinent Approaches the Eurasian landmass, Seismic shocks are inevitable. The movement of tectonic plates Causes damage not only without, In Catmandu, Pokhara, Khumbu Icefalls, But also within the denizens of Nepal. Social, psychological, Economical pain results. O Catmandu! ...