Indian Education

Sri Aurobindo Memorial Lecture at Jadavpur University – Sri Aurobindo’s Vision for a True National Education

BhāratShakti Talks, Education for New India, Past Works

Date: January 28, 2025 Time: 4:00 PM Venue: Department of Philosophy, Jadavpur University Watch the Recording HERE. The Centre for Sri Aurobindo Studies, Department of Philosophy, Jadavpur University organizes  Sri Aurobindo Memorial Lecture every year to commemorate his birth ceremony.  This year Dr. Beloo Mehra, Director, BhāratShakti, Sri Aurobindo Society, was invited to deliver the 40th Sri

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Integral Education and a Teacher’s Dharma

BhāratShakti Talks, Education for New India, Past Works

Date: 27 January, 2025 Time: 6:00 PM Venue: Sri Aurobindo Bhavan, Kolkata Listen to the recording HERE. Dr. Beloo Mehra, Director, BhāratShakti was invited by Sri Aurobindo Society, West Bengal State Committee to speak on the topic – “Integral Education and a Teacher’s Dharma”. This event was held on January 27, 2025 at Sri Aurobindo

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Poster Exhibition – The Greatness of Indian Culture

Exhibitions, India-Our Mother, Past Works

Start Date: December 27, 2024 End Date: December 31, 2024 Venue: Om Shanti Dhama Gurukulam, Karnataka As part of their day-long workshop titled ‘Our Culture, Our Pride’, especially curated and conducted for students at Om Shanti Dhama Gurukulam, Karnataka, BhāratShakti team researched and curated a 20-poster exhibition on the theme – ‘The Greatness of Indian

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Sri Aurobindo on Yoga – Exhibition at International Yoga Festival

All Life is Yoga, Exhibitions, Past Works

Start Date: January 4, 2024 End Date: January 7, 2024 Venue: 30th International Yoga Festival, Old Port Premises, Pondicherry At the invitation of Pondicherry Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC), BhāratShakti Director, Dr. Beloo Mehra, curated a 15-poster exhibition on the theme – Sri Aurobindo on Yoga – to be displayed at the 30th International Yoga Festival

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Our Culture, Our Pride – Day-long Workshop for Gurukulam Students

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

Date: December 27, 2024 Venue: Om Shanti Dham Gurukulam, Sangama, Mekedatu, Karnataka The BhāratShakti team was invited to curate and conduct a day-long workshop for about 70 students (ages 12-16) on the theme – “Our Culture, Our Pride” on 27th December, 2024 at Om Shanti Dhama Gurukulam, Karnataka. Om Shanti Dhama is a Registered Charitable

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A Conversation on Art for Chittashuddhi, Purification of the Heart

Art and Spirituality, Education for New India, Insightful Conversations, Past Works

Date: December 14, 2024 Venue: Sri Aurobindo Society Watch the recording of this conversation HERE. As part of our year-long exploration on The Spirit and Forms of Indian Art, BhāratShakti team recently invited Ms. Jayashree Ashok and Ms. Cyntha Gonzales for a conversation on the topic – Art for Chittashuddhi, Purification of the Heart. The topic was

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Aim of Integral Education and Role of a Teacher

BhāratShakti Talks, Education for New India, Past Works, Workshops

Date: December 18, 2024 Venue: GIET Degree College, Rajmundhry Dr. Beloo Mehra, Director, BhāratShakti, was invited to deliver two talks at an educational workshop organized by GIET Degree College, Rajmundhry in association with Sri Aurobindo’s Action, Puducherry. The workshop titled “Integral Education for Teachers” was held on 18th December 2024 at GIET Degree College in

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Sri Aurobindo, the Seer-poet — A Webinar

All Life is Yoga, Conferences and Seminars, Past Works

Date: December 7, 2024Venue: Online On December 7, 2024 BhāratShakti team organised a webinar on the theme – Sri Aurobindo, the Seer-Poet. The programme included three talks and interaction with the participants. The speakers included Shri Pradeep Narang, Dr. Shaurya Brahmbhatt and Dr. Larry Seidlitz. The webinar was moderated by Dr. Beloo Mehra. More than

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A Conversation on Exploring Human Psychology through NāṭyaŚāstra

Art and Spirituality, Insightful Conversations, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti

Date: December 4, 2024 Venue: Online The greatest nations and the most cultured races have always considered art as a part of life and made it subservient to life. ~ The Mother, CWM, Vol. 3, p. 108 As part of our ongoing year-long exploration of the topic – “The Spirit and Forms of Art in

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An Interdisciplinary Learning Project on Hampi

Education for New India, Exhibitions, Past Works

Date: December 10, 2024 Venue: Creative School, Bengaluru At the invitation of Creative School, Bengaluru, the BhāratShakti team researched and curated a 58-poster exhibition titled ‘Hampi: A UNESCO World Heritage Site” to be used as as part of an educational project for the students. The posters incorporated many pictures taken at various places in Hampi

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Fulfilling Sri Aurobindo’s Dreams: A New India Arising – 6 – Preeti Mahurkar

BhāratShakti Blog, Current Concerns, Past Works, Preeti Mahurkar, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti

Date: November 25, 2024 CONTINUED FROM PART 5 A New India: The Birth of a Spiritual Nation The fulfillment of Sri Aurobindo’s dreams is not a distant, utopian vision—it is an achievable reality waiting to be claimed by our collective will and action. A new India, where every citizen enjoys freedom, equity, justice, peace, harmony, progress,

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Fulfilling Sri Aurobindo’s Dreams: A New India Arising – 5 – Preeti Mahurkar

BhāratShakti Blog, Current Concerns, Past Works, Preeti Mahurkar, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti

Date: November 19, 2024 CONTINUED FROM PART 4 The Legacy of Our Ancestors The practice of Integral Yoga, as outlined by Sri Aurobindo and The Mother, provides the spiritual and practical framework to fulfill the dreams of our ancestors. They envisioned not just political freedom but the complete liberation of the human spirit—a new India where

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Workshop on Civilizational Public Policy at Auroville

Current Concerns, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti, Workshops

Dates: November 15-17, 2024 Venue: Bharat Nivas, Auroville [India] can, if she will, give a new and decisive turn to the problems over which all mankind is labouring and stumbling, for the clue to their solutions is there in her ancient knowledge. Whether she will rise or not to the height of her opportunity in

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Exhibition on Cultivating Soul-values – Courage, Faith and Concentration

Education for New India, Exhibitions, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti

Start date: September 24, 2024 End date: October 24, 2024 Venue: Creative School, Freedom Land, Karnataka One of BhāratShakti ongoing works – Design for Dissemination – the team regularly researches, designs and curates exhibitions on a variety of topics. PHOTO GALLERY As part of its Invoking Shakti children’s workshop series that BhāratShakti team has been

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Invoking Shakti: 4-day Workshop on ‘Cultivating Courage, Faith And Concentration’

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

Start date: September 24, 2024 End Date: September 27, 2024 Venue: Creative School, Freedom Land, Karnataka The BhāratShakti team was invited to curate and conduct a 4-day intensive workshop for about 350 students (ages 3-18) on the theme – ‘Cultivating Courage, Faith and Concentration’ at Creative School near Bengaluru. This workshop was a part of

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Sanskriti च Svādhyāya – Teachers’ Workshop on Insights from Itihāsas, Purānas and Upanishads

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

Start date: September 23, 2024 End date: September 24, 2024 Venue: Creative School, Freedom Land, Karnataka BhāratShakti team was invited by the Creative School co-founders and trustees of The Healing Circle, Ms. Jayashree Ashok and Mr. B. Ashok to curate and conduct an intensive workshop for about 70 teachers on the theme: Insights from Itihāsas,

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Book launch – Antaryatra: Soul Journeys by Beloo Mehra

BhāratShakti Writings, Education for New India, India-Our Mother, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti, Samvād: The Book Series

Date: September 23, 2024 Venue: Creative School, Freedom Land, Karnataka Dr. Beloo Mehra’s new book titled Antaryatra: Soul Journeys (2024, published by Sri Aurobindo’s Action with Brown Critique Books) was officially launched on September 23, 2024. The book is primarily written keeping the youth of India in mind. So it was perfect that the book

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Purpose of Art: From Beauty to Bliss – September 2024, Renaissance

Art and Spirituality, BhāratShakti Writings, Past Works, Renaissance Journal

Release of Renaissance, Volume V, Issue 9Date: September 21, 2024 Excerpt from Editorial by Beloo Mehra In Sri Aurobindo’s and the Mother’s vision of integral human development, cultivating a sense of beauty occupies an important place. The Mother said that it is one of the greatest weapons of the Asura at work when we are taught to shun

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Decolonizing Indian Cultural Studies with Sri Aurobindo

BhāratShakti Talks, Education for New India, India-Our Mother, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti

Date: September 13, 2024 Venue: Tagore Government Arts and Science College Watch the RECORDING On September 13, 2024, Dr. Beloo Mehra, Director, BhāratShakti was invited to deliver a talk on the topic – Decolonizing Indian Cultural Studies with Sri Aurobindo. This program was organized by the Department of English, Tagore Government Arts and Science College,

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