Indian Culture

Summarising Sri Aurobindo’s series – “A Rationalistic Critic on Indian Culture”

BhāratShakti Talks, India-Our Mother, Samvād: The Book Series

On August 16, 2023, Dr. Beloo Mehra 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 Pavillion, Auroville as part of the Auroville’s celebration of Sri Aurobindo’s birthday. The focus of the 12-day-long celebration was on Sri Aurobindo’s First Dream

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

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

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’

BhāratShakti Talks, India-Our Mother, Past Works

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

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

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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Sri Aurobindo’s ‘A Rationalistic Critic on Indian Culture’

BhāratShakti Talks, India-Our Mother, Past Works, Samvād: The Book Series

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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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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Indian Culture: Its March toward Greater Dawns

BhāratShakti Talks, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti

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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Lecture-discussion – Sri Aurobindo and India of the Future

Guest Lectures, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti

Date: July 24, 2023 Venue: Sri Aurobindo Society Watch the Recording HERE. As part of Sri Aurobindo Society’s ongoing celebrations of 150th birth anniversary of Sri Aurobindo, Renaissance Journal organised a special lecture-discussion happening at our campus on July 24, 2023. Prof. Sachidananda Mohanty, a noted academic and cultural historian, was the invited speaker who

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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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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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Sri Aurobindo and the New Age – Residential Retreat

All Life is Yoga, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti, Workshops

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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