Japanese culture introduction program at Rakuten, Bangalore

At the Japanese cultural week “Dou” at Vana, Dehradun with Teto team from Tokyo.

Congratulations to Shri B.V Doshi – the first Pritzker laureate in India! I am so honored to have met you and have had some interesting dialogues with you.
Photo: Babu during a Japanese tea ceremony in Bharat Nivas Auroville. Circa, 2011

It is always a pleasure to receive Swadharma students. Thanks for your visit! [PC: Lalit ]
http://www.swadharma.auroville.org

It was a great pleasure to welcome Sydney based textile designer Sally Campbell and her partner Greg (sallycampbell.com.au) to the studio. It was a beautiful time and hope both of you will visit us again soon!

In Swastika studio we have received 11students from different parts of India who are participating a one month long Swadharma program (http://www.swadharma.auroville.org). Swadharma is a self-discovery program dedicated to youth in India. We had brief introduction of our activity and it was followed by casual interaction.

“I met a well known block print fabric maker in Ajrakpur in Bhuj. His name is Sufiyan Khatri -son of renowned master craftsman Dr. Ismail Mohammad Khatri. It was a short visit but really an inspiring moment. Thank you Sufiyan for your heartwarming welcome!” JNE
グジャラートの片田舎、ブジという地にある有名な更紗工房へと訪れました。次代を担う若きスフィアンとの出会いは毎回新鮮で、作品制作に役立ついろいろなアイデアを交換することができました。

Thanks to Jonathan & Shayna Kay for passing by and played a soothing Shakuhachi piece at Swastika – ONE ASIA studio.
Jonathan is a virtuosic multi-woodwind instrumentalist from Canada. He is a well known Indo-Jazz musician and currently studies Shakuhachi in Japan.
Here is the link to his website: http://www.jonathankay.ca

Our natural Indigo art project continues with kind support of the Colours of Nature, Auroville. It’s so refreshing to explore this beautiful gift from the nature. We are planning to exhibit some artworks in this Autumn. Stay tuned!
天然藍の顔料、染料を使ったアートプロジェクトは試行錯誤を繰り返しながら前進しています。今秋にはいろいろな具体的な形になってくると思います。乞うご期待！