FREIBURGER ZEITGEISTLITERATURE (Satis Shroff)

FLYING ABOVE THE ABODE OF THE GODS (Satis Shroff) "Will the passengers please fasten their seat belts," said a soft voice over the intercom. And I slid one end of the belt into the heavy metallic slot, sat back, and peered through the window of the Nepalese jet. The runway was clear and there was an Airbus 310, three Russian-made helicopters and a Dornier-aircraft near the control tower of Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport. Some people waved from the tower. It was one of those early-morning mountain flights that are run 'provided-the-weather-is-good' as they say in tourist-brochures. My seat was right near the port wing and I could get a fairly good view of the engines coming noisily to life. The jet taxied lazily down the southern end of the runway, swerved around and sped towards the north gathering momentum till I could finally feel a hollow in my stomach. We were airborne. It was a steep climb and the blue mountain front was looming close. You c...

FREIBURGER ZEITGEISTLITERATURE (Satis Shroff): CHANNEL CROSSING (Satis Shroff) : Zeitgeistlyrik CHANNEL CROSSING (Satis Shroff) Dreams have turned into nightmares, Where moral has been destroyed. When people contemplat...

Zeitgeistlyrik CHANNEL CROSSING (Satis Shroff) Dreams have turned into nightmares, Where moral has been destroyed. When people contemplate suicide, Than suffer at the hands Of the IS or the Taliban. The children tell you tales Of Dads who never returned. Bombed dwellings, Doors with bullet-holes. Will we ever find compassion, Understanding and tolerance Out in the west? We face prejudice and hatred Towards the poor and destitute In the rich west. We have turned into pawns For the politicians in White Russia, European countries and Poland. They push us here and there In their borders. Walls created with bared-wire To keep refugees out. The children tell you tales Of Dads who never returned. Bombed dwellings, Doors with bullet-holes. Incessant vigilant armed patrols, Heat sensors around railway tracks. The official routes are closed. Priti Patel, a politician of Indian descent, Discusses who is a genuine asylum seeker And who is an economic migrant. We are fleeing persecution And...

Humanitarian Tragedy in Europe’s Eastern Border (Satis Shroff) Due to the dramatic development along the 1000km Ukraine-Belarussian border, where thousands of migrants from Syria and Iraq are forced to live in the cold, wet forests zone, the Ukraine is not sending humanitarian help but 3000 border soldiers, 2000 national guards to control the border against an invasion of migrants. Moreover, 15 helicopters are being deployed to observe the forested and swampy areas, according to minister Denys Monastryskyj. He said the barb-wired border will be extended. The Ukraine wants to build an ‘intelligent border’ and the Ukranian government will be spending 560 million to achieve this goal. The people from Iraq and Syria, who have paid for the flight, visa and hotel in White Russia, are now obliged to spend days and nights in the cold border. Their hopes of reaching and receiving political asylum in the west (Germany, France and Switzerland) have been squashed by the border disputes of the fo...