A Gurkha Mother, the Broken Poet & Mental Molotovs

Satis Shroff's work is about the Himalayas, the hard life, corruption,the former feudal system,the beliefs (Shamanism), general poverty and hope for the future of his beautiful Himalayan country. He writes political poetry, about the war in Nepal, the sad fate of the Nepalese people, the emergence of neo-fascism in Germany. His bicultural perspective makes his poems rich, full of awe and at the same time heartbreakingly sad. In writing ‘home,’ he not only returns to his country of origin time and again, he also carries the fate of his people to readers in the West. He invents Nepalese metaphors and makes them accessible to the West through his poetry.