Date: February 11, 2024 Venue: Sri Aurobindo Uni(Di)versity, Aurovalley Ashram, Uttarakhand WATCH THE RECORDING HERE. On February 11, Dr. Beloo Mehra was invited to deliver a talk at a National Seminar held in Uttarakhand. The 2-day (Feb 11-12, 2024) National Seminar on Synthesis of Science and Spirituality for the Highest Welfare of Society was jointly
Date: January 17, 2024 A bilingual Webinar in English and Hindi was organised by Renaissance Journal Team on the theme of ‘Sri Rama in Indian Consciousness – Bharatiya Chetana Mein Sri Ram’ on 17th January, 2024. The whole webinar was conducted in a spirit of “Satsang” and with an aim to highlight in the light
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Date: January 11, 2024 As part of the Annual Youth Camp 2024 organised by AuroYouth, Dr. Beloo Mehra was invited to conduct an interactive session with the participants. The 1.5-hour-long session on January 11 focused on the topic ‘Rethinking Love and Relationships in a New Light’. Love and relationships are the root of all human
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In 2023, BhāratShakti through its Renaissance journal & Sri Aurobindo Integral Life Center (SAILC), Auro University, Surat joined hands to launch a year-long project titled ‘Kala evam Adhyatma’ (Art and Spirituality). Under the auspices of this project, the team organized an online series of Discourses on Art and Spirituality. Through this weekly series, the registered participants
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Date: December 18, 2023 Venue: Pondicherry University As part of the ongoing post-graduate course at Pondicherry University, titled ‘Social Philosophy of Sri Aurobindo’, (read more about the course HERE). designed and taught by Dr. Beloo Mehra from Sri Aurobindo Society, a special lecture was proposed by Dr. Mehra to the Chair of Sri Aurobindo Studies
How does Indian cultural tradition look at the issue of man-woman equality? Are equality and freedom the only values of concern when it comes to an Indian view of feminism? What insights we can gain from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother on this important topic concerning our individual and collective life in contemporary society? This
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Date: November 2, 2023 Venue: Sri Aurobindo Society Time: 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm PHOTO GALLERY A group of 70 students along with 10 teachers from The Creative School, Karnataka, who were on a field visit to explore some places in Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry visited Sri Aurobindo Society on November 2, 2023. The BhāratShakti
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Date: October 29, 2023 Venue: Online WATCH THE RECORDING At the invitation of a small group of seekers from the USA, on October 29, 2023, Dr. Beloo Mehra, Director, BhāratShakti and Editor, Renaissance delivered an online talk on the topic ‘Sri Aurobindo’s Uttarpara Speech: Its Timely and Timeless Significance’. Dr. Mehra pointed out that Sri
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Dates: October 10 – 26, 2023 Venue: The Creative School, Bengaluru A poster exhibition researched and designed by Dr. Beloo Mehra, Editor, Renaissance, is currently on display at the Freedom Land campus of The Creative School in Bengaluru. The exhibition content on the theme – Nari Shakti: Woman, an Indomitable Spirit – is inspired by
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Dates: October 9 to 12, 2023 Venue: The Creative School, Bengaluru VIEW: PHOTO ALBUMS FROM THE WORKSHOP As part of the Renaissance journal’s special theme on Divine Shakti, the Renaissance team conceived, organized and conducted a 4-day intensive workshop on the theme – “Invoking Shakti: The Divine Feminine in Indian Culture.” This workshop was held
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Date: September 25, 2023 Watch the Recording As part of the Renaissance online journal’s September 2023 theme Concentration of Focus, a webinar was organised by the Renaissance team on 25th September, 2023. The webinar titled ‘Concentration and Progress’ presented diverse perspectives from 5 invited speakers. The session was moderated by Dr. Beloo Mehra, Editor, Renaissance
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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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Date: August 29, 2023 Venue: Pondicherry University On August 29, 2023, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Sri Aurobindo Society and Pondicherry University. The special ceremony, hosted by Pondicherry University, was chaired by Vice-Chancellor Prof. Gurmeet Singh. Shri Pradeep Narang, Chairman of Sri Aurobindo Society and Prof. Rajneesh Bhutani, Registrar, Pondicherry University, signed the
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Date: August 21, 2023 Venue: Sri Aurobindo Society Click HERE for Seminar Photo Gallery BhāratShakti department 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 Aurobindo Society celebrated 150
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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: 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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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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