Satis Shroff's ZEITGEIST LITERATURE : A GURKHA MOTHER (Satis Shroff)
Satis Shroff's ZEITGEIST LITERATURE : Zeitgeistlyrik: A GURKHA MOTHER (Satis Shroff) (Subtitle: Death of a Precious Jewel) The gurkha with a khukri But no enemy Works for the Queen of England, Yet gets shot at In missions he doesn't comprehend. Order is hukum, Hukum is life Johnny Gurkha still dies Under foreign skies. He never asks why Politics isn't his style He's fought against all and sundry: Turks, Tibetans, Italians and Indians Germans, Japanese, Chinese Argentineans and Vietnamese. Indonesians and Iraqis. Loyalty to the utmost Never fearing a loss. The loss of a mother's son From the mountains of Nepal. Her grandpa died in Burma For the glory of the British. Her husband in Mesopotemia She knows not against whom No one did tell her. Her brother fell in France, Against the Teutonic hordes. She prays to Shiva of the Snows for peace And her son's safety...