Satis Shroff's ZEITGEIST LITERATURE : THE WALL: BEFORE AND AFTER (Satis Shroff)

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Satis Shroff's ZEITGEIST LITERATURE : THE WALL: BEFORE AND AFTER (Satis Shroff): THE WALL BEFORE AND AFTER (Satis Shroff) The Wall was erected in 1961 To keep the people in. The folks called it fondly: The...

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About the Author: Satis Shroff

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https://www.kobo.com/de/de/ebook/through-nepalese-eyes Satis Shroff is a prolific writer and lecturer in Creative Writing in Freiburg. He is an academician, poet and writer on ecological, ethno-medical, culture-ethnological themes, and is the published author of five books: Im Schatten des Himalaya (book of poems in German), Through Nepalese Eyes (travelogue), Katmandu, Katmandu (poetry and prose anthology, two language books on the Nepalese language for DSE (Deutsche Stiftung für Entwicklungsdienst) & Horlemannverlag. He has written three feature articles in the Munich-based Nelles Verlag’s ‘Nepal’ on the Himalayan Kingdom’s Gurkhas, sacred mountains and Nepalese symbols and on Hinduism in ‘Nepal: Myths & Realities (Book Faith India) and his poem ‘Mental Molotovs’ was published in epd-Entwicklungsdienst (Frankfurt). He has studied Zoology and Botany in Nepal, Medicine and Social Sciences in Germany and Creative Writing in Freiburg and the United Kingdom. He has lec...
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BOOKS BY SATIS SHROFF, Germany

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TRAVELOGUE by Satis Shroff Review by Renate Mousseux. M.A. ED: Through Nepalese Eyes is a highly interesting, authentic story taking the reader through traditions and customs of 2 different countries. The stories are written through the Eyes of a Nepalese, hence the Title. We learn about the role of women, religious beliefs, political events, ethical and socio-economic situations in Nepal. We see comparisons of Europe and Asia and learn about the vast differences of life. Thi s book is a must read, I recommend it highly. --Renate Mousseux. M.A. ED Body Language Expert, Professor of English, French and German USA ----------------------------------------------------------------------------  „Die Schilderungen von Satis Shroff in ‘Through Nepalese Eyes’ sind faszinierend und geben uns die Möglichkeit, unsere Welt mit neuen Augen zu sehen.“ (Alice Grünfelder von Unionsverlag / Limmat Verlag, Zürich). www.lulu.com/spotlight/satisle Through Nepalese Eyes, a travelogue by S...
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MOTHER NEPAL (Satis Shroff)

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MOTHER NEPAL: Savvy Schwarzwäldertorte? Nein, a Himalayan Torte (Satis Shroff) It was the Nepalese king from Gorkha Prithvi Narayan Shah (1768) who described his small Himalayan country as a yam between two stones (China via Tibet and India). The Nepalese battled against the Chinese  in 1790 but in 1792 the Chinese retaliated and in the following treaty the Nepalese had to promise not to attack Tibet anymore, and pay a tribute to the Chinese emperor in former Peking. Nepal paid till 1912. Nepal’s borders in those days of the 19 th century stretched from Kashmir to Sikkim and their expansion was a challenge to the East India Company and the Raj. Soon there were disputes over the Terai which led to a war between British India and Nepal. The war ended with the Treaty of Sugauli in 1816 after which the Raj took Sikkim and part of the Terai with the borders of Nepal remaining intact till this day. Some of the land was returned to Nepal in 1858 by the British as a reward fo...
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