Past Works

India as Envisioned by Swami Vivekananda and Sri Aurobindo

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’

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

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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Growing Within: A Day-long Workshop for Pondicherry University

Date: September 15, 2022 Venue: School of Education, Pondicherry University Click HERE for a full gallery including a few video clips from the workshop. “The chief aim of education should be to help the growing soul to draw out that in itself which is best and make it perfect for a noble use.” ~ Sri

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Appreciating Sri Aurobindo’s Social Philosophy

Date: September 8, 2022 Venue: Savitri Bhavan, Auroville Watch the recording of the talk HERE. As part of its celebrations of 150th birth anniversary of Sri Aurobindo, Auroville Foundation and Ministry of Culture, Government of India organised a 5-day programme called ‘Integral Yoga Week’ which aimed to highlight a few essential insights from some of

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Cultivating Virtues: A Creative Presentation – A project for Pondicherry University students

Start date: August 12, 2022 End date: August 30, 2022 Venue: Online & Pondicherry University A complete gallery of pictures from the event can be accessed HERE. At the invitation of the School of Education, Pondicherry University, a special self-directed learning project for M.Ed. students was designed by the Renaissance-BhāratShakti team led by Dr. Beloo

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The Transformation – Film screening and Discussion

Date: August 30, 2022 Venue: J.N. Auditorium, Pondicherry University In collaboration with the School of Education, Pondicherry University, a special event was held on August 30, 2022 at J.N. Auditorium at Pondicherry University to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Sri Aurobindo and 75th year of Indian Independence. This event included the screening of the

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Indian Artistic and Literary Culture in the Light of Sri Aurobindo

Date: August 21, 2022 Venue: CESS, Hyderabad – Institute of Human Study Watch the full recording of this talk HERE. To commemorate Sri Aurobindo’s 150th birth anniversary year, the Institute of Human Study, Hyderabad along with Samvit Kendra and Pragna Bharati under the sponsorship of Ministry of Culture, Government of India organised on August 21,

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Sri Aurobindo on National Value of Art and the Mother on Art and Yoga: Two Talks

Date: August 19, 2022 Venue: Matriniketan, Sri Aurobindo Society Institute: AuroSrishti, AuroYajna and BhāratShakti AuroSrishti, Sri Aurobindo Society’s Center for Integral Art, Design and Aesthetics, recently conducted a day-long event on August 19 at Matriniketan. For this event titled ‘The Future of Indian Art, Design and Aesthetics in the Light of Integral Yoga,’ Dr. Beloo

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Inner Transformation for Educational Leadership

Date: August 15, 2022 Watch full recording of the lecture HERE. At the invitation of Dr. Narendra Joshi, Project Director of Swatantra Bharat 75, a series of lectures organised by Vivekananda Kendra, Kanyakumari and Vivekananda Prabhodini, Mumbai, Dr. Beloo Mehra, Director, BhāratShakti, Sri Aurobindo Society recently delivered an online lecture on the topic – Inner

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Orientation for Pondicherry University Students for a Group Project on ‘Cultivating Virtues’

Date: August 12, 2022 On August 12, an online orientation was conducted by the Renaissance-BhāratShakti team as part of preparation for an upcoming final presentation of a creative project on August 30, 2022. At the invitation of the Dean of School of Education, Pondicherry University, Dr. Beloo Mehra, Director, BhāratShakti designed a project for the

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Jai Bhavani: Celebrating Sri Aurobindo’s Poem ‘Baji Prabhou’ – through a Dance-drama and a Talk

Date: August 9, 2022 Time: 5:00 PM to 7:30 PM Institute: AuroYajna and BhāratShakti Venue: Matriniketan, Sri Aurobindo Society For a full gallery with pictures from the event and a few video clips, click HERE. As part of our ongoing celebrations of 150th birth anniversary of Sri Aurobindo and 75th year of Indian Independence, Sri

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Love and Heroism in Sri Aurobindo’s Narrative Poems: Ulopie and Chitrangada

Watch the recording of the event HERE. As part of our ongoing celebrations of Sri Aurobindo’s 150th Birth Anniversary, we have been organising a series of Special Lectures organised under the Theme: ‘India – Our Mother.’ For the ninth lecture in the series, Dr. Shraddha Gour Mohanti was invited to share some thoughts on a

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Sri Aurobindo on Who is an Aryan and Building an Aryan Character

Dates: July 16-24, 2022 Venue: Aura Book Store, Pondicherry As part of the ongoing series, ‘Re-awakening the Bharata Shakti: Toward an Indian Renaissance’ the Renaissance-BhāratShakti team designed and put together a poster exhibition highlighting Sri Aurobindo’s words on who is an Aryan and how to build Aryan character. This exhibition was displayed at the bookstore-reading room at Aura Experience

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Book Reading-discussion – Understanding Contemporary India in the Light of Sri Aurobindo

Understanding Contemporary India in the Light of Sri Aurobindo Date: July 16, 2022 Venue: Aura Bookstore-reading room, Beach Road, Pondicherry Watch a few glimpses of the session HERE and HERE. On the evening of July 16, 2022, Dr. Beloo Mehra, author of ‘Understanding Contemporary India in the Light of Sri Aurobindo’, a book recently published

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The Unity of the Bhāratiya Civilisation: Evidence and Issues (Talk by Dr. Raj Vedam)

Talk by Dr. Raj Vedam Date: July 9, 2022 A recording of the session can be accessed HERE. For the recording of Question & Answer session, click HERE. As part of Sri Aurobindo Society’s ongoing celebrations to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Sri Aurobindo and 75th year of India’s Independence, Renaissance Journal team has

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The Mother and New Consciousness – A Talk at Antioch University, USA

Date: June 18, 2022 Venue: Antioch University, USA Watch a recording of this talk HERE. Dr. Beloo Mehra from Sri Aurobindo Society was recently invited to deliver a talk at the IMA Colloquium organised by Antioch University, Ohio, USA. This event was part of the Individualised Master of Arts programme of the university and was

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‘Anubhuti’ Valedictory Address by Dr. Beloo Mehra

Date: June 12, 2022 On June 12, Dr. Beloo Mehra was invited to deliver the valedictory address at Anubhuti, a residential retreat organised by Sri Aurobindo’s Action in Pondicherry. This 3-day retreat organised from June 10-12 primarily focused around the themes of Sadhana and living an integral life. Participants primarily included aspirants who have been

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