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Two Panel Discussions on the Mahakali aspect of the Mother – Auroville Festival 2023

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The Auroville Festival 2023 explored the theme of Sincerity in the light of Four great aspects of the Mother — Maheshwari, Mahakali, Mahalakshmi and Mahasaraswati. Dr. Beloo Mehra from Sri Aurobindo Society was invited as a panelist for two separate sessions focusing on the Mahakali aspect of the Mother. The first session was held on

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The Mother’s Arrival and the New Consciousness

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Date: February 19, 2023 Venue: Online A recording of the webinar is available HERE. As part of the ongoing Sunday webinar series titled ‘What is New in Sri Aurobindo’, Dr. Mehra facilitated the recent webinar session on February 19, 2023. The theme for this session was – ‘The Mother’s Arrival and the New Consciousness’. Given

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Sri Aurobindo and the New Age – Residential Retreat

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Dates: February 4-5, 2023 Venue: Sri Aurobindo Dhama, Sangama-Mekedatu, Karnataka Watch a snippet video HERE.See Photo-gallery HERE. The BhāratShakti team planned and organised a deeply immersive retreat with the theme – Sri Aurobindo and the New Age. The residential retreat was hosted by Sri Aurobindo Dhama located in the serene and beautiful natural surroundings at

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Nation in Sri Aurobindo’s Vision of National Education

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Date: February 17, 2023 Venue: The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda A recording of Dr. Mehra’s talk is available HERE. Renaissance Editor, Dr. Beloo Mehra was invited as a speaker at the National Seminar on ‘Educational Philosophy of Sri Aurobindo’ organised by The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. This event held on February 17, 2023

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All Life is Yoga: Cultivating Right Attitude Towards Work

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Date: January 22, 2023 Venue: Sri Arvind Sadhna Kendra, Vallabh Vidyanagar To listen to the recording of the talk, click HERE. As part of their celebrations of 150th birth anniversary of Sri Aurobindo, Sri Arvind Sadhana Kendra at Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat organised a special event on January 22, 2023. Dr. Beloo Mehra, Director, BhāratShakti and

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Sri Aurobindo and India’s Freedom – Exhibition and Talk

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Dates: January 20-24, 2023 Venue: Auro University, Surat Dr. Beloo Mehra Director, BhāratShakti, Sri Aurobindo Society was invited by Sri Aurobindo Integral Life Center at Auro University, Surat, to display the exhibition on the topic – ‘Sri Aurobindo and India’s Freedom’ at the university campus. The exhibition was conceived, researched and designed by Dr. Mehra.

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Teacher Education for a New Age: NEP 2020 and an Integral Approach

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Date: January 21, 2023 Venue: Auro University, Surat Dr. Beloo Mehra, Director, BhāratShakti and Editor, Renaissance, was invited as an expert speaker to participate in a 2-day National Seminar organised by Sri Aurobindo Integral Life Center at Auro University, Surat. The seminar’s theme was – NEP 2020: The Pathway through Integral Education. About 200 educators

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Rethinking Relationships in a New Light – A Panel Discussion with the Youth

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Date: January 11, 2023 Venue: Sri Aurobindo Society As part of the All-India Youth Camp 2023 organised by AuroYouth, the Renaissance Journal team was invited to conduct a panel discussion on the topic ‘Rethinking Relationships in a New Light’. The team included Renaissance Editor, Dr. Beloo Mehra, Renaissance Editorial Assistant, Raamkumar Loganathan and AuroYouth volunteer

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Individual and Family: Insights from the Social Thought of Sri Aurobindo

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Date: December 22, 2022 Venue: Sri Aurobindo Society Watch the recording HERE. As part of our work on the January 2023 Renaissance issue on the theme of ‘Human Relations and Yoga’, the Renaissance Journal team organised a special event on December 22, 2022. We invited Ms. Lakshmi Jyothi Manapragada to share some thoughts on the

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Gender Equality: A Spiritual Perspective

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Date: December 21, 2022 Venue: Pondicherry/Auroville Poetry Festival at Matriniketan As part of the recently concluded Pondicherry/Auroville Poetry Festival organised by Pondicherry Poets and The Brown Critique, Dr. Beloo Mehra, Director, BhāratShakti, was invited to give a talk on the topic – Gender Equality: A Spiritual Perspective. This topic was chosen to be consistent with

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Sri Aurobindo’s New Light on Sanatana Dharma

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Date: December 14, 2022 Venue: Seminar on Sri Aurobindo’s 150th birth anniversary, organised by 25th Kochi International Bookfest, Ernakulum, Kochi As part of the 25th edition of Kochi International Bookfest (10-19 December, 2022), a special seminar was organised on 14th December 2022 to celebrate the 150th Birth Anniversary of Sri Aurobindo. Dr. Beloo Mehra, Director,

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Nari Shakti – Woman, an Indomitable Spirit (An interactive session)

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Date: December 14, 2022 Venue: St. Teresa’s College, Ernakulum, Kochi On 14th  December, 2022, Dr. Beloo Mehra, Director, BhāratShakti was invited to facilitate an interactive session at St. Teresa’s College at Kochi. This was a special outreach event organised as part of the 25th Kochi International Bookfest. The venue being one of the oldest and

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Work as Sadhana: An Interactive Session with Arul Dev

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Date: December 3, 2022 Watch the livestream of the event HERE. “To do the work that one does with all sincerity, as perfectly as one can, is certainly one of the best ways to serve the Divine.” (The Mother, CWM, 14: 307) Since June 2021, every issue of Renaissance, the monthly journal of Sri Aurobindo

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Women’s Equality and Freedom: Insights from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother

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Date: November 21, 2022 Venue: Women’s Council Seminar, Sri Aurobindo Society As part of the 3-day Seminar organised by Women’s Council of Sri Aurobindo Society, Dr. Beloo Mehra, Director, BhāratShakti delivered a talk on the topic – Women’s Equality and Freedom: Insights from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. Dr. Mehra began her session by sharing

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Study Circle – National Value of Art by Sri Aurobindo 

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Dates: October 12, 2022 – November 2, 2022  Venue: Online  A month-long study circle was organised by BhāratShakti and AuroSrishti to closely study and reflect on an important writing of Sri Aurobindo, titled ‘National Value of Art.’ The key driving focus behind this study circle was to identify some of the conceptual and pedagogical principles

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Book review: ‘Sri Aurobindo: The Grand Synthesis’ – A talk

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Date: November 1, 2022 Venue: Unity Pavilion, Auroville WATCH the recording HERE. On November 1, Dr. Beloo Mehra, Director, BhāratShakti was invited to participate in the Book Release function organised by Indira Gandhi National Center for the Arts (IGNCA), Puducherry Regional Center. The occasion was the official launch of Dr. Ananda Reddy’s new book titled

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India as Envisioned by Swami Vivekananda and Sri Aurobindo

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Date: October 16, 2022 Watch the full recording HERE. As part of Sri Aurobindo Society’s celebrations of 150years of Sri Aurobindo and 75 years of Indian Independence, the Renaissance journal team had invited Dr. Narendra Joshi to deliver a lecture under the ‘India – Our Mother’ lecture series they have been hosting since last year.

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Beauty of Nature in ‘Savitri’

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Date: September 25, 2022 Watch the full recording HERE. Since October 2021, as part of Sri Aurobindo Society’s celebrations of 150years of Sri Aurobindo and 75 years of Indian Independence, Renaissance journal team has been organising monthly lectures under the series – India, Our Mother. For lecture number 11, they invited Dr. Charan Singh Kedarkhandi

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Conscious Parenting: Lessons Learned as a Parent, Educator and Healer

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Date: September 16, 2022 Time: 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM Venue: Sri Aurobindo Society Watch recording HERE. Humanity must become progressively receptive to the light of a greater and higher consciousness, so that it can become a conscious aid in preparing the communal body and mind for the coming of a new race. A conscious

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