Indian Education

Bilingual Poster Exhibition – “Conscious Eating and Cooking”

DATES: June 27, 2023 – July 6, 2023 VENUE: Sri Aurobindo Society Click HERE for a gallery of pictures from the exhibition. A Bilingual Poster Exhibition was organised by Renaissance Journal from 27th June to 6th July, 2023 highlighting a few insights from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother on Conscious Eating and Cooking. This exhibition

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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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Nation in Sri Aurobindo’s Vision of National Education

Date: February 17, 2023 Venue: The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda A recording of Dr. Mehra’s talk is available HERE. Renaissance Editor, Dr. Beloo Mehra was invited as a speaker at the National Seminar on ‘Educational Philosophy of Sri Aurobindo’ organised by The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. This event held on February 17, 2023

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Sri Aurobindo and India’s Freedom – Exhibition and Talk

Dates: January 20-24, 2023 Venue: Auro University, Surat Dr. Beloo Mehra Director, BhāratShakti, Sri Aurobindo Society was invited by Sri Aurobindo Integral Life Center at Auro University, Surat, to display the exhibition on the topic – ‘Sri Aurobindo and India’s Freedom’ at the university campus. The exhibition was conceived, researched and designed by Dr. Mehra.

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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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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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Nari Shakti – Woman, an Indomitable Spirit (An interactive session)

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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Study Circle – National Value of Art by Sri Aurobindo 

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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Growing Within: A Day-long Workshop for Pondicherry University

Date: September 15, 2022 Venue: School of Education, Pondicherry University Click HERE for a full gallery including a few video clips from the workshop. “The chief aim of education should be to help the growing soul to draw out that in itself which is best and make it perfect for a noble use.” ~ Sri

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The Transformation – Film screening and Discussion

Date: August 30, 2022 Venue: J.N. Auditorium, Pondicherry University In collaboration with the School of Education, Pondicherry University, a special event was held on August 30, 2022 at J.N. Auditorium at Pondicherry University to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Sri Aurobindo and 75th year of Indian Independence. This event included the screening of the

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Indian Artistic and Literary Culture in the Light of Sri Aurobindo

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

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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Sri Aurobindo on National Value of Art and the Mother on Art and Yoga: Two Talks

Date: August 19, 2022 Venue: Matriniketan, Sri Aurobindo Society Institute: AuroSrishti, AuroYajna and BhāratShakti AuroSrishti, Sri Aurobindo Society’s Center for Integral Art, Design and Aesthetics, recently conducted a day-long event on August 19 at Matriniketan. For this event titled ‘The Future of Indian Art, Design and Aesthetics in the Light of Integral Yoga,’ Dr. Beloo

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Orientation for Pondicherry University Students for a Group Project on ‘Cultivating Virtues’

Date: August 12, 2022 Venue: Online On August 12, an online orientation was conducted by the Renaissance-BhāratShakti team as part of preparation for an upcoming final presentation of a creative project on August 30, 2022. At the invitation of the Dean of School of Education, Pondicherry University, Dr. Beloo Mehra, Director, BhāratShakti designed a project

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Jai Bhavani: Celebrating Sri Aurobindo’s Poem ‘Baji Prabhou’ – through a Dance-drama and a Talk

Date: August 9, 2022 Time: 5:00 PM to 7:30 PM Institute: AuroYajna and BhāratShakti Venue: Matriniketan, Sri Aurobindo Society For a full gallery with pictures from the event and a few video clips, click HERE. As part of our ongoing celebrations of 150th birth anniversary of Sri Aurobindo and 75th year of Indian Independence, Sri

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Sri Aurobindo on Who is an Aryan and Building an Aryan Character

Dates: July 16-24, 2022 Venue: Aura Book Store, Pondicherry As part of the ongoing series, ‘Re-awakening the Bharata Shakti: Toward an Indian Renaissance’ the Renaissance-BhāratShakti team designed and put together a poster exhibition highlighting Sri Aurobindo’s words on who is an Aryan and how to build Aryan character. This exhibition was displayed at the bookstore-reading room at Aura Experience

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Book Reading-discussion – Understanding Contemporary India in the Light of Sri Aurobindo

Understanding Contemporary India in the Light of Sri Aurobindo Date: July 16, 2022 Venue: Aura Bookstore-reading room, Beach Road, Pondicherry Watch a few glimpses of the session HERE and HERE. On the evening of July 16, 2022, Dr. Beloo Mehra, author of ‘Understanding Contemporary India in the Light of Sri Aurobindo’, a book recently published

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