Education for New India

Education for the New Age: Insights from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother

BhāratShakti Talks, Conferences and Seminars, Education for New India, Past Works

Date: August 12, 2023 Venue: Sri Aurobindo Bhavan, Kolkata WATCH THE RECORDING As part of the nation-wide celebrations of 150 years of Sri Aurobindo, a special seminar on the theme ‘Sri Aurobindo: Messenger of the Divine Influence upon the Earth’ was organised on August 12, 2023 at Sri Aurobindo Bhavan, Kolkata. The organising group, SATIRTHA […]

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Three Purposes of Art

Art and Spirituality, BhāratShakti Talks, Education for New India, India-Our Mother, Past Works

In this talk, Dr. Beloo Mehra summarises a few essential points from Sri Aurobindo’s remarkable essay – National Value of Art to bring to light the deep importance of arts education for human development – both from an individual and societal/national perspective. She also highlights that in Integral Yoga and Integral Education, a great emphasis

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Sanskriti च Svādhyāya: An Intensive for teachers on Indian Culture and Self-development

Education for New India, India-Our Mother, Past Works, Workshops

Start date: July 17, 2023 End date: July 19, 2023 Venue: Freedom Land, Doddaballapura, Karnataka Dr. Beloo Mehra was invited by the Creative School co-founders and trustees of The Healing Circle, Ms. Jayashree Ashok and Mr. B. Ashok to conduct an intensive course for about 70 teachers on the theme: Indian culture and Self-development. This

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Bilingual Poster Exhibition – “Conscious Eating and Cooking”

All Life is Yoga, Education for New India, Exhibitions, Past Works

DATES: June 27, 2023 – July 6, 2023 VENUE: Sri Aurobindo Society Click HERE for a gallery of pictures from the exhibition. A Bilingual Poster Exhibition was organised by Renaissance Journal from 27th June to 6th July, 2023 highlighting a few insights from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother on Conscious Eating and Cooking. This exhibition

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Who is an Aryan and Building Aryan Character: An interactive session with university students

BhāratShakti Talks, Education for New India, Exhibitions, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti

Date: June 1, 2023 Venue: Sri Aurobindo Society A group of 22 undergraduate and postgraduate students along with two organisers from Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar who were recently in Pondicherry for a study camp visited Sri Aurobindo Society on June 1, 2023 for an interactive session with Dr. Beloo Mehra, Director, BhāratShakti. The 1.5

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Uniqueness of Sri Aurobindo’s Writings on Indian Culture

BhāratShakti Talks, Education for New India, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti, Samvād: The Book Series

Date: March 28, 2023 Venue: Pondicherry University On March 28, 2023 at the Inaugural Seminar of Sri Aurobindo Chair at Pondicherry University, Dr. Beloo Mehra was invited to speak on the topic “What is unique about Sri Aurobindo’s writings on Indian Culture?” In her brief comments, Dr. Mehra highlighted the point that it was the

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Towards a New Renaissance: Cultivating Soul-values

BhāratShakti Writings, Education for New India, Past Works, Renaissance Ebooks

Renaissance E-book 1 Released: April 2023 “Towards a New Renaissance: Cultivating Soul-values” is a FREE E-book available through Auropublications, the publications wing of Sri Aurobindo Society. It weaves together selected insights from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother on twelve qualities from the Mother’s symbol and presents them in the context of original write-ups by the author.

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National Seminar – Experiencing the Spirit of India through Cultural and Heritage Tourism

Conferences and Seminars, Education for New India, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti

Date: March 25, 2023 Time: 9:30 AM to 6:00 PM Venue: Ground Floor Seminar Hall, Sri Aurobindo SocietyBeach Office, Pondicherry “The dominant note in the Indian mind, the temperament that has been at the foundation of all its culture and originated and supported the greater part of its philosophy, religion, art and life has been…spiritual

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Webinar Series: What is New in Sri Aurobindo

All Life is Yoga, Courses and Study Groups, Education for New India, Past Works

Dates: January 15, 2023 – March 26, 2023 Venue: Online As part of our ongoing celebrations of the 150th year of Sri Aurobindo and Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, Sri Aurobindo Society organised a series of webinars starting January 2023. This series was directly inspired by Sri Aurobindo Society’s core mission, namely to spread the light

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The Mother’s Arrival and the New Consciousness

All Life is Yoga, BhāratShakti Talks, Education for New India

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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Nation in Sri Aurobindo’s Vision of National Education

BhāratShakti Talks, Education for New India, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti

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

All Life is Yoga, BhāratShakti Talks, Education for New India, Past Works

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

BhāratShakti Talks, Education for New India, Exhibitions, India-Our Mother, Past Works

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

BhāratShakti Talks, Education for New India, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti

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

All Life is Yoga, BhāratShakti Talks, Education for New India, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti

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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Gender Equality: A Spiritual Perspective

BhāratShakti Talks, Education for New India, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti

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

BhāratShakti Talks, Education for New India, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti

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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Study Circle – National Value of Art by Sri Aurobindo 

Art and Spirituality, Courses and Study Groups, Education for New India, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti, Samvād: The Book Series

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

BhāratShakti Talks, Education for New India, Past Works, Samvād: The Book Series

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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Educating the Vital – Art Education for Inner Harmony

Art and Spirituality, Education for New India, Insightful Conversations at BhāratShakti, Past Works

Date: October 21, 2022 In her essay on the Vital Education, the Mother writes: As a sign, perhaps, of the decline of civilisation and social decay, a growing vulgarity seems to have taken possession of human life, individual as well as collective, particularly in what concerns aesthetic life and the life of the senses. A

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