Renaissance E-book 2 Author: Dr. Beloo Mehra 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
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Date: August 16, 2023 Venue: Unity Pavilion, Auroville WATCH HERE and HERE. Dr. Beloo Mehra, Editor, Renaissance and Senior Academic Mentor, was invited to give a talk based on Sri Aurobindo’s essays titled ‘A Rationalistic Critic on Indian Culture’. This event was organised at Unity Pavilion, Auroville as part of Auroville’s celebration of Sri Aurobindo’s
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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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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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Date: August 8, 2023 Venue: Bharat Nivas, Auroville As part of the visit by Hon’ble President of India, Smt. Draupadi Murmu to Auroville on August 8, 2023, a one-day conclave was organised by Auroville Foundation on the theme – Aspiring for the Supermind in the City of Evolving Consciousness. Senior Academic Mentor and Renaissance Editor,
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Senior Academic Mentor and Renaissance Editor, Dr. Beloo Mehra participated in a 3-day literature festival organised by Sri Aurobindo Center for Advanced Research (SACAR), Puducherry. The festival (August 1 to 3, 2023) titled ‘Celebration Sri Aurobindo: Exploration of His Creative Word’ was sponsored by Ministry of Culture, Government of India. The inaugural event on August
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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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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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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
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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Renaissance E-book 1 Author: Beloo Mehra 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
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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
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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Speaker: Dr. Beloo Mehra Date: February 28, 2023 Venue: Sri Aurobindo Society
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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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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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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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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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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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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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