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Spiritual Nationalism of Sri Aurobindo – Two Sessions for College Students

BhāratShakti Talks, Current Concerns, Education for New India, India-Our Mother, Past Works

Dates: September 2-3, 2025 Venue: Online At the invitation of the Department of Political Science, St. Xavier’s College, which is affiliated to University of Mumbai, Dr. Beloo Mehra, Director, BhāratShakti conducted two sessions on the topic ‘Spiritual Nationalism of Sri Aurobindo’ with 35 students of B.A. (Political Science, Third Year). These sessions were part of

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Invoking Shakti: 1-Day Workshop on Art Appreciation for Children

Art and Spirituality, Education for New India, Project Themes, Upcoming Programmes, Workshops

Date: September 12, 2025 Venue: Creative School, Bengaluru The BhāratShakti team will be conducting a day-long workshop for about 90 students (ages 3-9) on the theme – “Kala, Sanskriti evam Sadhana’. This workshop is part of an ongoing learning initiative for children and youth titled ‘Invoking Shakti’ developed by the BhāratShakti team, and is one

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Conscious Connections: A Webinar Series for Teachers

Education for New India, Past Works, Workshops

Start Date: July 9, 2025 End Date: July 11, 2025 Venue: Online Watch the recordings HERE and HERE. BhāratShakti department conducted a three-webinar series for selected teachers of Sri Aurobindo Center of New Education, Jodhpur on the theme: Conscious Connections: Exploring Aspects of Individual and Collective Life. Using an interactive format, the following three topics were

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Seeing the Whole Child – Foreword for the book ‘A Child’s Journey’

BhāratShakti Writings, Education for New India, Past Works, Published Elsewhere, Samvād: The Book Series

Author: Beloo Mehra Release Date: June 28, 2025 Publisher: The Healing Circle, Bengaluru In April 2025, Dr. Beloo Mehra, Director, BhāratShakti, was invited to write a Foreword for an upcoming book titled ‘A Child’s Journey’. The book authored by Jayashree Ashok, published by The Healing Circle, Bengaluru, was launched on June 28, 2025 at Creative

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School as a Place for Teachers’ Progress – Interactive Session for Uditam

BhāratShakti Talks, Education for New India, Past Works

Date: June 28, 2025 Venue: Matriniketan As part of the residential programme organized by Uditam: Institute for Integral Healing, Sri Aurobindo Society, Dr. Beloo Mehra, Director, BhāratShakti, was invited to facilitate a group discussion on Saturday, June 28, 2025. As all the participants were teachers from two schools connected with Sri Aurobindo Society, for her session,

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A Conversation on Nāṭyaśāstra & Contemporary Indian Society

Art and Spirituality, Education for New India, Insightful Conversations, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti

Date: June 26, 2025 Venue: Online Watch the Recording Since September 2024, BhāratShakti department has been engaged in a year-long exploration of Spirit and Forms of Indian Art, both through the offerings in our online journal Renaissance, as well as various offline and online events we have been organizing and conducting. As part of this

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Yogic Insights for Business Managers and Leaders

All Life is Yoga, BhāratShakti Talks, Current Concerns, Education for New India, Past Works

Date: June 20, 2025 Venue: Online Watch the Recording Management Development Institute (MDI), Murshidabad invited Dr. Beloo Mehra, Director, BhāratShakti, Sri Aurobindo Society, to be part of a special Faculty Research Seminar Series on June 20, 2025.  The Faculty Research Seminar Series aims to bring forward conversations that help faculty members and research scholars connect

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Yuvā Shakti – Indian View on Character Development

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

Date: June 2, 2025 Venue: Sri Aurobindo Society “Our call is to young India. It is the young who must be the builders of the new world,—not those who accept the competitive individualism, the capitalism or the materialistic communism of the West as India’s future ideal, nor those who are enslaved to old religious formulas

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Light on Human Relationships – An Interactive Session for Uditam

All Life is Yoga, BhāratShakti Talks, Past Works

Date: May 31, 2025 Venue: Matriniketan As part of the residential programme organized by Uditam: Institute for Integral Healing, Sri Aurobindo Society, Dr. Beloo Mehra, Director, BhāratShakti, was invited to facilitate a group discussion on Saturday, May 31, 2025. For her session, Dr. Mehra focused on the topic – Light on Human Relationships. After some general

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Love, Human Relations and New Consciousness – An Online Course

All Life is Yoga, Courses and Study Groups, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti

Start Date: April 26, 2025 End Date: May 24, 2025 Venue: Online Love and relationships are at the root of all human life as lived in our familial and societal contexts. But ordinarily, most people do not take the trouble to examine and understand the nature of these two things. Consequently, we go through life

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Saṃvṛddhi: Deepening Our Roots and Growing With Others -Two-day Workshop for Teachers

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

Start date: May 20, 2025 End date: May 21, 2025 Venue: DAV Public School, Kaggalipura, Bengaluru At the invitation of the School Governing Council and Administration of Dayanand Arya Vidya School, Bengaluru, the BhāratShakti team of Sri Aurobindo Society designed and conducted a 2-day workshop for their teachers during their annual professional development week in

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Traveling through Bhārat – 2 – Lakshmijyothi C.

BhāratShakti Blog, India-Our Mother, Lakshmijyothi C., Past Works

Date: May 26, 2025 Part 2: The Light of Kashi “As those who dwell in Shiva’s sacred city of Kashi are liberated by the auspicious touch of the Lord, so all this Aryan country where the Goddess has set her purifying feet shall be the Kashi of the world.” ॥97॥ ~ Sri Aurobindo, Bhavani Bharati, verse 97

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Traveling through Bhārat – 1 – Lakshmijyothi C.

BhāratShakti Blog, India-Our Mother, Lakshmijyothi C., Past Works

Date: April 24, 2025 Part 1: Introduction  These are times when Nature is attempting at certain goals and Human Unity is undoubtedly one of them. Globalization on commercial front and Travel on the leisure front have been her tools. Like other movements of human development, travel, too has trends following the natural quest of the

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Book Discussion – Antaryatra: Soul Journeys

BhāratShakti Talks, BhāratShakti Writings, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti, Samvād: The Book Series

Date: April 15, 2025 Venue: Palais de Mahe, Pondicherry Watch the recording HERE. As part of BhāratShakti’s Samvād series of events in which selected books are discussed in the light of Sri Aurobindo’s vision, the latest book to be taken up was — Antaryatra: Soul Journeys, written by Dr. Beloo Mehra, Director, BhāratShakti. This took

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Integrating Indian History, Art, and Culture – Learning through Photography

Art and Spirituality, Education for New India, Exhibitions, India-Our Mother, Past Works

Start Date: 6 March, 2025 End Date: 23 March, 2025 Venue: Ashram Exhibition House, Pondicherry Lifelong learning and awakening a thirst to know and grow plays an important role in the overall progress of the individual in the context of Integral Development. The Mother has also emphasised how important it is to create or awaken

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Sri Aurobindo’s Insights on National Education and NEP 2020: Hits and Misses

BhāratShakti Talks, Conferences and Seminars, Education for New India, Past Works

Date: February 28, 2025 Venue: The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara Dr. Beloo Mehra, Director, BhāratShakti, was invited as an expert speaker at a National Seminar on Ideas of India’s Eminent Educational Thinkers and Transformative Learning through NEP2020, jointly organized by the School of International Studies, Central University of Gujarat, and the Atal Bihari Vajpayee

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Vikasita – Vaikharī: Writing for Civilizational Awakening – Jayadev

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

Date: February 24, 2024 The written word is perhaps the most powerful medium for ideas in the manifest world. Seers talk of the various states of Vāk (speech), of which Vaikharī is the grossest and most tangible form, and yet only accounts for the spoken word. While the spoken word used in its full capacity can

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Navakriti – Celebrating The Mother’s Birthday with Children

Education for New India, Past Works, Workshops

Date: February 13, 2025 Time: 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM Venue: Matriniketan, Sri Aurobindo Society BhāratShakti team organized a special celebration of the Mother’s birthday titled “Navakriti” with a group of 35 children ages 6 to 8 from Creative School, Bengaluru. These children were on a field trip to Pondicherry and visited Sri Aurobindo Society

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Inner Progress and Education for Life – An Interactive Session for Uditam

BhāratShakti Talks, Education for New India, Past Works

Date: February 8, 2025 Venue: Matriniketan As part of the residential programme organized by Uditam: Institute for Integral Healing, Sri Aurobindo Society, Dr. Beloo Mehra, Director, BhāratShakti, was invited to facilitate a group discussion session on Saturday, February 15, 2025. For her session, Dr. Mehra focused on the topic – Inner Progress and Education for Life.

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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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