Past Works

Workshop on Non-Fiction Writing

Date: 28 February, 2024 Venue: The Dorian House Writers Retreat, Auroville “I can only say generally avoid over-writing; let all your sentences be the vehicle of something worth saying and say it with a vivid precision neither defective nor excessive.” ~ Sri Aurobindo On February 28, 2024, Mr. Narendra Murty, Renaissance author and core team […]

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From Rational to Suprarational: An Essential Evolutionary Movement for Collective Well-being

Date: February 11, 2024 Venue: Sri Aurobindo Uni(Di)versity, Aurovalley Ashram, Uttarakhand WATCH THE RECORDING HERE. On February 11, Dr. Beloo Mehra was invited to deliver a talk at a National Seminar held in Uttarakhand. The 2-day (Feb 11-12, 2024) National Seminar on Synthesis of Science and Spirituality for the Highest Welfare of Society was jointly

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Rethinking Love and Relationships in a New Light

Date: January 11, 2024 As part of the Annual Youth Camp 2024 organised by AuroYouth, Dr. Beloo Mehra, Editor, Renaissance Journal, was invited to conduct an interactive session with the participants. The 1.5-hour-long session on January 11 focused on the topic ‘Rethinking Love and Relationships in a New Light’. Love and relationships are the root

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Discourses on Art and Spirituality – 27 sessions

In 2023, BhāratShakti through its Renaissance journal & Sri Aurobindo Integral Life Center (SAILC), Auro University, Surat joined hands to launch a year-long project titled ‘Kala evam Adhyatma’ (Art and Spirituality). Under the auspices of this project, the team organized an online series of Discourses on Art and Spirituality. Through this weekly series, the registered participants

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SAMVĀD: Featuring Nandini Sengupta and her book – ‘Rani Durgawati – The Forgotten Life of a Warrior Queen’

Date: 15 December 2023 Venue: Society House Watch the RECORDING. On 15th December, 2023, the Renaissance Journal along with Auropublications launched a new initiative titled SAMVĀD – A Series on Books, Authors and Booklovers. This initiative takes its guidance from the Mother who had encouraged the reading of carefully selected literature to cultivate our intelligence

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Sri Aurobindo and the Crisis of Contemporary Culture – Special Lecture by Sachidananda Mohanty

Date: December 18, 2023 Venue: Pondicherry University As part of the ongoing post-graduate course at Pondicherry University, titled ‘Social Philosophy of Sri Aurobindo’, (read more about the course HERE). designed and taught by Dr. Beloo Mehra from Sri Aurobindo Society, a special lecture was proposed by Dr. Mehra to the Chair of Sri Aurobindo Studies

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Gender Equality from Indian Cultural Perspectives

How does Indian cultural tradition look at the issue of man-woman equality? Are equality and freedom the only values of concern when it comes to an Indian view of feminism? What insights we can gain from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother on this important topic concerning our individual and collective life in contemporary society? This

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Light, Endless Light: An Interactive Session with Children

Date: November 2, 2023 Venue: Sri Aurobindo Society Time: 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm PHOTO GALLERY A group of 70 students along with 10 teachers from The Creative School, Karnataka, who were on a field visit to explore some places in Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry visited Sri Aurobindo Society on November 2, 2023. The BhāratShakti

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Sri Aurobindo’s Uttarpara Speech: Its Timely and Timeless Significance

Date: October 29, 2023 Venue: Online WATCH THE RECORDING At the invitation of a small group of seekers from the USA, on October 29, 2023, Dr. Beloo Mehra, Director, BhāratShakti and Editor, Renaissance delivered an online talk on the topic ‘Sri Aurobindo’s Uttarpara Speech: Its Timely and Timeless Significance’. Dr. Mehra pointed out that Sri

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Exhibition on Nari Shakti: Woman, an Indomitable Spirit

Dates: October 10 – 26, 2023 Venue: The Creative School, Bengaluru A poster exhibition researched and designed by Dr. Beloo Mehra, Editor, Renaissance, is currently on display at the Freedom Land campus of The Creative School in Bengaluru. The exhibition content on the theme – Nari Shakti: Woman, an Indomitable Spirit – is inspired by

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Invoking Shakti: Workshop on ‘The Divine Feminine in Indian Culture’

Dates: October 9 to 12, 2023 Venue: The Creative School, Bengaluru VIEW: PHOTO ALBUMS FROM THE WORKSHOP As part of the Renaissance journal’s special theme on Divine Shakti, the Renaissance team conceived, organized and conducted a 4-day intensive workshop on the theme – “Invoking Shakti: The Divine Feminine in Indian Culture.” This workshop was held

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Worship of the Divine Mother in Integral Yoga – Talk at International Seminar

Date: September 26, 2023 Venue: Pondicherry University Listen to the Talk HERE. Dr. Beloo Mehra recently attended the International Seminar on ‘Tantric Religion: Philosophy, Literature, Cults, Art, History and Continuities’ organised by Department of History at Pondicherry University in association with Indira Gandhi National Center for the Arts (IGNCA), Regional Chapter, Puducherry, and Indian Council

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Webinar on ‘Concentration and Progress’ by Renaissance Journal

Date: September 25, 2023 Watch the Recording As part of the Renaissance online journal’s September 2023 theme Concentration of Focus, a webinar was organised by the Renaissance team on 25th September, 2023. The webinar titled ‘Concentration and Progress’ presented diverse perspectives from 5 invited speakers. The session was moderated by Dr. Beloo Mehra, Editor, Renaissance

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Sri Aurobindo on Indian Art and Temple Architecture

Date: September 9, 2023 Venue: Puducherry World History Congress, Pondicherry University As part of the First Annual Session of the Puducherry World History Congress, hosted by Department of Tourism Studies, Pondicherry University, Dr. Beloo Mehra, Senior Academic Mentor, was invited to present a special lecture on September 9, 2023 on the topic “Sri Aurobindo on

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Indian-ness in 21st Century: Seminar organised with Pondicherry University

Date: August 21, 2023 Venue: Sri Aurobindo Society Click HERE for Seminar Photo Gallery The Renaissance journal team, on behalf of Sri Aurobindo Society, planned and organised an insightful and thought-provoking seminar on “INDIAN-NESS IN 21st CENTURY” in collaboration with Chair of Sri Aurobindo, Pondicherry University. The seminar held on 21st August 2023 at Sri

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Sri Aurobindo’s ‘The Renaissance in India’

Date: August 20, 2023 Venue: Unity Pavilion, Auroville Watch HERE. On August 20, 2023, Dr. Beloo Mehra, Editor, Renaissance and Senior Academic Mentor, was invited to be part of a panel discussion based on Sri Aurobindo’s essays titled ‘The Renaissance in India’ This conference event was organised at Unity Pavilion, Auroville as part of Auroville’s

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Indian Literary Tradition in the Light of Sri Aurobindo

Renaissance E-book 2 Released: August 2023 This book explores the progression of Indian literary tradition over thousands of years, keeping in perspective the innate focus of Indian culture and its natural development over time. Sri Aurobindo’s wide look at the vast canvas and simultaneously an in-depth view of the evolution of Indian literature over millennia helps

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