Beauty of women creating something

Raining

Severe hotness more than 40℃

  in daytime is finished and 

now we have heavy rainfall 

several times a day in Sujata village.

It’s really a rainy season!

“Dried up Niranjana river 

almost all the time of year 

now has a flow of water.

You can see Mahabodhi temple 

registered as a World Heritage Site 

from opposite side of the river 

in Sujata village.”

Between the rainfall of the daytime, 

clouds cover the sky and 

it is cool as I wear long-sleeved shirt. 

It’s hard to believe 

that we were experiencing 

severe hot days until recently.

“Niranjana river and the sky, beginning of July. 

These blue sky and white clouds are gone now. 

It was only one month ago…”

Rainy and cloudy days are going to last 

for the time being, 

but there’s a place where always sunny 

and colorful flowers bloom in Sujata village.

The place is…

Sujata Ashram!

The place is for encouraging village women

 to be independent. 

Here, the village ladies have an opportunity 

to get skills of sawing or other skills.

Women from Sujata village and 

other villages near by gather here 

almost every day. 

They are from teenagers to the old. 

From 8:30 to 11:30, 

three teachers teach teenagers 

how to saw and girls practice.

“She is making a baby cloth for her family.”

“She is making her mother’s traditional blouse.”

Panjabi suit for her own,

 Special blouse wearing under traditional wear sari,

Baby or small kids wear of their family’s…

Girls bring old cloth from their houses, 

make dress patterns from old newspapers.

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 After 11:30 to 15:00, 

teachers and skilled ladies make 

fair trade products to be sold in Japan.

 Women who are creating 

something is beautiful.

  

The power of women is infinite.

Every lady in the world has the power.

Each has her own seed of flower 

and she can bloom it by herself.

I am overwhelmed whenever I come here. 

The ladies from Sujata village choke me up… 

Their concentration to 

one very thing in front of them,

tender smiles and beautiful black eyes 

when they look up…

 When they realize I am not wearing sari 

in a beautiful way, 

they stop their work and make it in a proper way 

just like a mother.

  

They are soft and powerful.

It’s like a thin soft pink dress of 

celestial maiden covering the Ashram.

 Sujata ashram is filled with women dream 

which leads to future. 

Only women can make this atmosphere.

It is in a peaceful Sujata village.

From Mika