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

BhāratShakti Talks, Education for New India, Past Events and Completed 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 Events and Completed 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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Individual and Family: Insights from the Social Thought of Sri Aurobindo

All Life is Yoga, Guest Lectures, Past Events and Completed Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti

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

BhāratShakti Talks, Education for New India, Past Events and Completed 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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Sri Aurobindo’s New Light on Sanatana Dharma

BhāratShakti Talks, India-Our Mother, Past Events and Completed Works

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)

BhāratShakti Talks, Education for New India, Past Events and Completed 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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Work as Sadhana: An Interactive Session with Arul Dev

All Life is Yoga, Guest Lectures, Past Events and Completed Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti

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

BhāratShakti Talks, Past Events and Completed Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti

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 

Art and Spirituality, Courses and Study Groups, Education for New India, Past Events and Completed 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 Events and Completed 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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India as Envisioned by Swami Vivekananda and Sri Aurobindo

Guest Lectures, India-Our Mother, Past Events and Completed Works

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’

Art and Spirituality, Guest Lectures, India-Our Mother, Past Events and Completed Works

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

All Life is Yoga, Guest Lectures, Past Events and Completed Works

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

Education for New India, Past Events and Completed Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti, Workshops

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

All Life is Yoga, BhāratShakti Talks, Past Events and Completed Works, Samvād: The Book Series

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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The Spiritual Foundations of Arts in Asia

Art and Spirituality, Guest Lectures, India-Our Mother, Past Events and Completed Works

Date: September 3, 2022 Venue: Online Watch the full recording of the session HERE. Watch the Q & A session HERE. As part of our ongoing celebrations of the 150th birth anniversary of Sri Aurobindo and 75th year of Indian Independence, the Renaissance team of BhāratShakti hosted an online event which featured an illustrated talk

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

Courses and Study Groups, Past Events and Completed Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti, Workshops

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

Education for New India, India-Our Mother, Past Events and Completed Works

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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