Indian Culture

Towards a New Renaissance: Cultivating Soul-values

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

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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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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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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Individual and Family: Insights from the Social Thought of Sri Aurobindo

All Life is Yoga, Guest Lectures, Past 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 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 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 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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Women’s Equality and Freedom: Insights from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother

BhāratShakti Talks, Past 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 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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Educating the Vital – Art Education for Inner Harmony

Art and Spirituality, Education for New India, Guest Lectures, Insightful Conversations, 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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India as Envisioned by Swami Vivekananda and Sri Aurobindo

Guest Lectures, India-Our Mother, Past 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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Cultivating Virtues: A Creative Presentation – A project for Pondicherry University students

Courses and Study Groups, Past 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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Indian Artistic and Literary Culture in the Light of Sri Aurobindo

Art and Spirituality, BhāratShakti Talks, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti

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’s Exposition of the Integral Foundations of Indian Culture

BhāratShakti Talks, Education for New India, India-Our Mother

Talk by Dr. Beloo Mehra  at National Symposium held at Auro University, Surat Date: August 17, 2022 Venue: Auro University, Surat To commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Sri Aurobindo, a National Symposium on the Life and Works of Sri Aurobindo was organized by the School of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, Auro University, Surat.

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