Astha Tuladhar Writes

Participated in the Multicultural Festival organized in Longview.

2011-05-23T12:41:00.000-07:00

Together with Japanese foreign student, I displayed a booth for Nepal & Japan.

Flare- Kilgore College Newspaper Interviewed Astha Tuladhar and other International Students of Kilgore College

2011-05-23T10:59:00.000-07:00

Back at Kilgore College..

Life of Texan Cattle - published in Piney Woods Live May 2011

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Piney Woods Live's Collection of Western Art included my photograph titled "Life of Texan Cattle."

This is what I wrote about this photography in
this link:http://jpgmag.com/photos/2608323

They roamed the open fields, grass was plenty,colored by blue bonnets and Indian paintbrush, the skies were azure blue,spotted with white clouds.
They roamed free in Texas.
Until one day they realized they were there for a purpose. The meat lovers chopped them, teared their skin off them, polished their horns and named them long horns.
Even after they died, celebrated their life and decorated their homes with their remains.
The life of Texas Cattle! The Long Horns.

Holi Art Gallery Opens its Doors for Artists- Rising Nepal Coverage

2011-05-22T21:09:00.000-07:00

It was an important milestone to open and own an art gallery in the heart of Kathmandu.

I take part in Kilgore's First Art Walk in downtown Kilgore, TX

2011-05-22T19:56:00.000-07:00

This was a historic event for Kilgore I should say. It organized its first Art Walk in Downtown!
excited to be taking part in it!

Art Workshop at Satya Sai Center at Naxal, Kathmandu

2011-05-22T19:23:00.000-07:00

Participating in this art workshop, I got to meet a lot of artists and observed their style of painting.
Satya Sai Center organizes study circle programs every week.

Gaunle Deurali is a populat newsletter of Tansen, Palpa in Nepal- Suzuki Masako & I visited here in 2007

2011-05-22T19:11:00.000-07:00

Palpa has a very good potential to become a marvelous spot for investment in agriculture and education.
Suzuki Masako from Nagoya Japan was there to make initial studies to open a children's home and meet "OK" Baje.

WFWP Speech Contest for International Women's Speech Contest

2011-05-22T18:35:00.000-07:00

Japan Tent is City organized program dedicated for International Students in Japan. I participated in the summer of 2004

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Yes, I was making Mochi or Japanese Rice Cake.
Rice is powdered and made into a dough. It is then put in wooden containers and beaten with wooden hammers like the one I'm carrying.
A joyful moment amongst a cheering crowd!
At Ishikawa Prefecture, Kanagawa City.

Gaunle Deurali is a populat newsletter of Tansen, Palpa in Nepal- I was featured in this newsletter in 2007

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Palpa is located west of Kathmandu. I visited Palpa with Ms. Suzuki Masako. Later I organized an art workshop in this remote area school.
I remember leaving Kathmandu at 9 am and reaching there at 9 pm.

It is one of the places where the local farmers are doing very well with Olericulture!

Fair Trade Shop - Fuu'z organised a Fashion Show

2011-05-22T15:51:00.000-07:00

The whole world needs to know that what we wear is very important part of who we are.
Blinding following the trend and buying brands is common but Fair Trade takes us back to the roots.
Cotton the base of all clothing is produced using harmful insecticides. It is time we change it to organic cotton. Where does that start ? Where it is produced. Nepal's garment industry is booming and fair trade has helped make the laborers earn a fair share.
I participated in this fashion show to share and learn about world trade!

Astha Tuladhar in Meijo University's Magazine-Meijoy

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Mr. Shigeo Osawa of Nagano Prefecture Japan, showed me his grafting technique for Cherry Blossoms

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Nagano Prefecture and Kathmandu are sister cities. It was a great to meet an 82 year old teacher in Japan who visits Mt. Everest Base Camp every year since 30 years ago. With great appreciation I include this newspaper article in this blog!

Meeting with Osawa Shigeo- Chyunichi Newspaper Japan

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During my final years, I met Osawa Shigeo. He has visited the Mt. Everest every year for the past 28 years. He showed me grafting skill of his Cherry Blossom plants.
Chyunichi Newspaper Japan.

Serving as the president for Aichi Foreign Students Association- AFSA

2011-05-22T13:04:00.000-07:00

It was a privilege, to be the president of AFSA or Aichi Foreign Students' Association.
As international students, we had many common goals, interests, hurdles,challenges while attending classes in Japanese Universities.
It was a matter of great interest that the Japanese Society was very interested in the pool of talent and the contribution we can make while in Japan.
We organized this event annually to put international recipe on the table and music, dances and skits on the stage of Nagoya International Center.

How come same things can be written in 3 different scripts- Short Article for Asahi Evening Newspaper by Astha Tuladhar

2011-05-22T12:40:00.000-07:00

Whereas other languages have one script, Japanese has 3 written scripts- Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji. There is a lot to remember but once you get it, you can express your nuance in expressing it in a different script too!

Inside a Japanese Classroom- Talking to students about Nepal.

2011-05-22T12:25:00.000-07:00

One of the things I enjoyed while in Japan was visiting schools.
Whenever I got an invitation I always accepted visiting classrooms. Talking to these kids about my country and our students so they'd remember a visitor from Nepal.

Kantipur Newspaper covers my photo exhibition held at Nepal Art Council, Babarmahal, Kathmandu, Nepal

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Art workshop at remote villages in Palpa, Nepal and exhibition at Holi Art Gallery

2011-05-22T11:52:00.000-07:00

I organized a team of art students to visit a remote village named Ringniraha in Palpa, Nepal. The schools there did not have an arts & crafts class.
All the students were thrilled to play with color crayons. The topic for the day was - My Village.
The children were free to draw,sketch.
After the 2 day program we collected their paintings and brought them to exhibit at Holi Art Gallery.
The program was inaugurated by Unicef Artist Sarad Ranjit & Japanese Embassy Secretary Mr. Sasai.
Art teachers are still in big demand in Nepal.

Tenrikyo Nagoya Grand Church Newsletter published my speech for speech contest.

2011-05-22T11:18:00.000-07:00

I lived in Tenrikyo Nagoya Grand Church for 3 years of my live. While I lived there I applied for a speech contest.
This was my speech that they published in their newsletter.

Sleepy Japanese- Short article for Asahi Evening Newspaper by Astha Tuladhar

2011-05-22T10:43:00.000-07:00

One common thing I heard is being sleepy. Overwork and no play! Exhausted!
The young people are sleepy and old people are suffering from insomnia!!! This was my observation. I wrote this article and it raised a few eyebrows.
It was enough to make other people chuckle!
Asahi Newspaper was an important platform for some of my first impressions about Japan!

Unusal things at the Japanese Cafe- Short Article For Asahi Evening Newspaper by Astha Tuladhar

2011-05-21T14:18:00.000-07:00

I'd leave the TV at home and go to a cafe to talk sometimes. When people watch TV at Cafe too, it gets really quiet!

For all you people who can control what not to watch on TV, rather than get exposed to all that the TV wants you to watch, a hearty conversation at a cafe with a group of friends is so much more energizing!

I wrote this article for Asahi Shinbun as it is called over there and got some good response too!

Meijo University Newsletter

2011-05-21T14:10:00.000-07:00

Meijo University Years were challenging, especially when there were 154 students in class and I was the only international student!!!

I am so very happy to gain support of all my classmates, friends,teachers and staff at Meijo University.

A new way of making a payment with cash- Asahi Newspaper

2011-05-21T13:46:00.001-07:00

The idea of getting less or no change coins when you make a payment in cash seemed of little significance at first but when a jars of coins lay around your house, its time to take action.
This was an observatory article about what Japanese Shoppers did.
Asahi Newspaper published many of my short articles between the years 2004-2007.

Effective Use of Puns in Japanese Language- Short Article in Asahi Evening Newspaper- Astha Tuladhar

2011-05-21T13:18:00.001-07:00

Japanese is a language that has three written scripts namely; Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji.
However when it comes to being vocal, there are only 5 vowels. As a result there are so many words that have the same pronunciation but a different meaning. These same sounding words are used to spice up everyday spoken language. I found it very interesting in my later years in Japan.