A Nobel Laureate I admire - Mother Teresa

I would like to introduce about Mother Teresa.

Her real name was Agnes, and she was born in Skopje, in the Republic of North Macedonia.

When she was eighteen years old, she wanted to go to Bengal, India. That year, she was named Teresa as a nun, and she taught about monasticism to poor people.

Teresa decided to work in the slums of Calcutta, and she went out the monastery when she was 38. After a while, she collected the poor children who can’t go to school, and she opened air -classes at the slum in Kolkata.

In 1950, she moved to her nationary to India, and built monastery, school, hospital and so on. Many people thought wonderful that Teresa’s action. Finally, In 1979, she won the Nobel Peace Prize.

Posted for Youna

Postcard from Jaipur, India

Hello, I'm in India. Today, I've been sightseeing in Jaipur. The picture of the postcard: Jantar Mantar is a big ancient astronomical observatory.

India is hot, curry is hot too.


Kaoru

A postcard from Kaivalyadhama, India

Dear Damian,

Hello. How are you?
I have stay in India 1 weeks ago. I feel comfortable here. Everyday, early morning to until evening, I have to study yoga method. So hard but I was satisfied with learn here.
When I will come back to Japan, I want to restart lesson.

See you again.

From Rumi

My shopping experience in India

One of our students went to India a short time ago(see postcard below) and here she recounts her experiences. Thank you Sari!!

My shopping experience in India

I took a trip to India three weeks ago. Since it was a packaged tour, the tour guide took the members of the tour many places, which included several souvenir shops.

At one shop, I found a beautiful Indian cotton fabric. It was 15 dollars at first, but I negotiated with the shop assistant for a discount. After a 10 minute-talk, they finally offered me 10 dollars and I accepted.

Some of the other group members were also interested in it. However, they thought it was a rip-off and that they’d have another chance to buy something like it later on.

A few days later, we dropped by another souvenir shop. They were selling an Indian fabric which was similar to the one I bought before. They asked the shop assistant how much it was and he answered ‘It’s 80 dollars’! We all were amazed. It was the real rip-off. They ended up going home empty-handed!

Posted for Sari (Wednesday)

Postcard from...India

Dear Tana,



I enjoy travelling to India! Taj Mahal (photo) is definately fantastic. What I found interesting the most is women's dress, such as saree or panjabi dress. Vivid colours of those are striking in a dusty town or huge firm.



See you soon,



Sari xxx

Poster project - India