Indian Culture

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dates: January 15, 2023 – March 26, 2023 Venue: Online Watch a few recordings – 1 2 3 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

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Sri Aurobindo and the New Age – Residential Retreat

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

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

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

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

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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