Date: December 3, 2022 Watch the livestream of the event HERE. “To do the work that one does with all sincerity, as perfectly as one can, is certainly one of the best ways to serve the Divine.” (The Mother, CWM, 14: 307) Since June 2021, every issue of Renaissance, the monthly journal of AuroBharati, Sri …
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Sri Aurobindo’s profound essay-series titled National Value of Art provides valuable perspective on why arts education is absolutely essential for the overall well-integrated development of a learner. The mind is profoundly influenced by what it sees and, if the eye is trained from the days of childhood to the contemplation and understanding of beauty, harmony and just …
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Topic: Conscious Conception and Pregnancy: Listening to a Personal Journey A conversation with Vijayalakshmi C. Indian spiritual traditions were never cut-off from life. The attempt of our ancient Indian seers and thinkers was rather to raise all areas of life in the light of the spirit. This included concerns of family life, parenting and even …
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Topic: Powada, a story-telling performance art that inspires and educates A conversation with Mahila Shahir Vinata Joshi In our Insightful Conversations series we speak with authors, artists, performers, educators, story-tellers and other creative individuals who are keeping alive, reviving and also giving new forms and expressions to the timeless spirit of Indian culture, history and …
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Topic: Krīḍā – Making Indian Games Cool! A conversation with Amitabh Satyam and Sangeeta Goswami, authors of ‘The Games India Plays’ For June 2022 edition of Insightful Conversations, the Renaissance-AuroBharati team invited the authors of a newly released book titled ‘The Games India Plays: Indian Sports Simplified’. Penned by Amitabh Satyam and Sangeeta Goswami, the …
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Topic: Bringing Indian Culture in Schools: An Educationist’s Experience and Insights In conversation with Dr. Chhalamayi Reddy One of the greatest secrets revealed by the Indian spiritual knowledge is that only when a human being finds and lives from the inner self, can he or she most embrace the universal being and become one with …
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Topic: The Timeless Tradition of Storytelling – An Art that Educates, Inspires and Elevates In conversation with Deepa Kiran A close study of Sri Aurobindo’s insights into the field of cultural studies tells us about one major difference between the modern anthropological and the Indian approach to the study of culture. In the former the …
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Topic: Exploring Indian Culture and History through Curated Heritage Trails In conversation with Sawani Shetye It is often said that there are three main ways to know India. First, and the best way, is to aspire to realise the truth behind India’s profound and life-affirming spiritual thought. Second is to identify with the deeper truths …
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Topic: Reimagining Tales from Purāna-s and Itihāsa-s: A Writer’s Journey of Engaging with Epic Heroines In conversation with Saiswaroopa Iyer “It is a singular and as yet unexplained phenomenon in the psychology of mankind that out of so many magnificent civilisations, so many powerful, cultured and vigorous nations and empires whose names and deeds crowd …
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Topic: Antaryatra – An Artist’s Journey Within In conversation with Bindu Popli “All great artistic work proceeds from an act of intuition, not really an intellectual idea or a splendid imagination,—these are only mental translations,—but a direct intuition of some truth of life or being, some significant form of that truth, some development of it …
Insightful Conversations at AuroBharati – January 21, 2022 Read More »