Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra, Director, Savitri Era Learning Forum (SELF since 2005)
Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee’s Speeches at ‘Sri Aurobindo Memorial Convention’
Dear Friends, Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee (6 July 1901—23 June 1953) was an Indian barrister, educationalist, politician, and the Minister for Industry and Supply (August...
Conversations with My Ashram Elders by Bob Zwicker
Over the past fifty years, I have benefitted much from the observations, insights and stories of my elders in the Ashram. Sometimes I jotted down...
Suresh Chandra Banerji: The Doctor with a Golden Heart by Anurag Banerjee
On 5th August 1921, a doctor passed away at his hill-top residence named ‘Alma House’ in Nainital. At the time of his death, he was...
Publication of ‘Sri Aurobindo and His Ashram in Contemporary Newspapers’ in two volumes
Dear Friends and Well-wishers of Overman Foundation, We are happy to announce the publication of our new book entitled Sri Aurobindo and His Ashram in...
A Misadventure of Consciousness —The Story of Satprem by R.Y. Deshpande
Here is a significantly telling entry in the Mother’s Agenda dated 27 August 1969: “They’ve found a paper I wrote soon after Sri Aurobindo’s departure,”...
The Systems Engineering Galaxy of Auroville: As Approved by the Mother by Paulette Hadnagy.
In 1985 I moved from the Sri Aurobindo Ashram to Auroville. After working for one year at the Matrimandir construction site, on the roof, I...
A Painting of the Mother made by Chinmayi
Dear Friends, Chinmayi was born as Mehdi Begum into an aristocratic family of Hyderabad which was, in the pre-independence era, a princely state ruled by...
History of the Ashram Playground by Kittu Reddy
When the Second World War broke out in 1939, many devotees and disciples of the Mother and Sri Aurobindo requested them to admit their children...
Shyam Kumari’s ‘How They Came to Sri Aurobindo and the Mother: Volume 5’—A Review by Dr. Larry Seidlitz
Title: How They Came to Sri Aurobindo and the Mother: Volume 5 (ISBN: 978-81-960391-0-3) Author: Shyam Kumari; Number of pages: 402. Price: Rs. 500 (Five...
R.Y. Deshpande’s Review of K.D. Sethna’s book, ‘The Vision and Work of Sri Aurobindo’
Dear Friends, We are happy to present before our readers a review of Amal Kiran alias K.D. Sethna’s book entitled The Vision and Work of...
A.B. Purani’s England Diary: Part II
Dear Friends, Ambalal Balkrishna Purani (26.5.1894—11.12.1965) was a Gujarati revolutionary who met Sri Aurobindo in 1907. A graduate from St. Xavier’s College (Mumbai) with Honours...
A.B. Purani’s England Diary: Part I
Dear Friends, Ambalal Balkrishna Purani (26.5.1894—11.12.1965) was a Gujarati revolutionary who met Sri Aurobindo in 1907. A graduate from St. Xavier’s College (Mumbai) with Honours...
Radar
Savitri Era Political Action
Vritra and Savitri - Your observation cuts straight to the psychological core of this debate: Ayn Rand and Naomi Klein are both trying to explain why their idealized, "perfe...
Marketime
Pure meritocracy is an artificial construct - You have pointed exactly to the philosopher who bridged these concepts. Bernard Mandeville’s landmark 1714 work, The Fable of the Bees: or, Private Vic...
Plain & Simple
Three poises is the cornerstone in Sri Aurobindo’s edifice - Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra Plain & Simple Flight meets no wall - Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra Blue sky for wings Blue sky for wings Blue sky fo...
the Orchid and the rOse
Proudhon, Tolstoy, Gandhi, and Bhave - You are entirely correct, and your defense of Owen is a vital correction to the cold, deterministic "scientific" dismissal favored by Marx and Engels. ...
Evergreen Essays
Preexisting involutionary planes - Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra Dr. Soumitra Basu is a psychiatrist working with consciousness paradigms. He conducts workshops on personal growth and ...
Because Thou Art
Thou art our sole support - Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra Hymns to the Mystic Fire - Rig Veda 1.127.8-11 (by Vladimir) 54:04 Go to channel The Mother & Sri Aurobindo : E-library ·...
Aurora Mirabilis
Two lineages - Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra the Orchid and the rOse Injustice is structural to modern liberal orders - Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra Bk 03 C 02 T...
VIP VAK
Fire and purity - Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra About Website An Initiative by Vande Mataram Library Trust (VMLT), Gurugram. & Sri Aurobindo Foundation for Indian Cul...
Savitri Era Open Forum
Owen, Warren, Rostow, and Sri Aurobindo - Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra Savitri Era Party Democracy does not break - Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra Feel Philosophy Dewey and Sri Aurobindo ar...
Savitri Era Party
Democracy does not break - Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra Feel Philosophy Dewey and Sri Aurobindo are deeply connected in Education - Your assessment is spot on. The special issu...
Savitri Era Learning Forum
Savitri set to music - Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra An Orientation to Dance for Well-being 11:17 BhāratShakti - Sri Aurobindo Society. 236. Subscribe ... Swami Dayananda Sa...
Savitri Era Religious Fraternity
Himself the playground - Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra That Ancient Problem of the Physical Body by R.Y. Deshpande In his Secret of the Veda Sri Aurobindo writes about the God...
Rainbow & the Other
Man is a sexual animal trying to wear a suit of rational values - To map how ancient, cross-continental values became the bedrock of modern life, you must trace the evolution from localized spiritual laws to universal ...
Feel Philosophy
Dewey and Sri Aurobindo are deeply connected in Education - Your assessment is spot on. The special issue of *Dewey Studies* titled "John Dewey’s Pragmatism and India: Pasts and Futures" indeed overlooks Sri Auro...
Savitri Era
Four Doctors - Four Doctors happen to be experts on the yoga and philosophy of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo as well. Fortunately, they are quite active on the web distri...
Musepaper
Journey of Odia music - Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra Recorded songs from the first decade of the 20th century (1900–1910) are extremely rare, but archival efforts have iden...
Tusar Nath Mohapatra
Let there be no end - Savitri Era Ushers in new thought, And fresh perspective Towards freedom. No black and white Shades of grey galore; There are a thousand pegs To...
Consciousness in Indian Philosophy: Illuminating Mind, World, and Self
Dr. BR Ambedkar's Contribution to Women Empowerment in India and Karnataka
social justice and equality. His contributions to the fight against patriarchal standards
ingrained in social, economic, and cultural systems went beyond the legal system …
Boundaries of the Sacred: The Politics of Belonging in Religious Ecological Imaginaries in Germany and Canada
Trump’s second presidential term and the Hindu nationalist political ideology of
Hindutva, promoted in part by India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his …
Democratic regression in South Asia: diverging paths in five political systems
is witnessing a steady erosion of these democratic norms. This article offers a
comparative review of five countries – India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri …
[PDF] Turning Law Majoritarian: Editors' Introduction to the Special Issue
termed “autocratic legalism”, and in particular those studies that have examined the
creation of dual law, we focus on the making of majoritarian legal orders in India …
[PDF] A book review of Azadi: Fascism, Fiction, and Freedom in the Time of the Virus
blown terrorist network” of Hindutva organizations that have “hit lists, hideouts, and
safe houses” replete with arms and ammunition to “bomb, kill, and poison people.” …
HOPE AND DESPAIR: ISRAEL'S NEW FUTURE IN THE NEW
the contemporary Hindutva movement as a form of ideological fascism. Chak argues
that Hindutva, as an ideology, imposes a monolithic vision of Indian identity that …
[PDF] From Palestine Ally to Zionist Partner: India‐Israel Relations, 2014–2025
strategic incentives such as access to defense technology and intelligence
cooperation; ideological affinities between Zionism and the Hindu nationalist …
[PDF] Tech-led urban transition and citizen participation in civic governance: Case study from an Indian city
Nadu’s Auroville—the author has made the case of mainstreaming citizen
participation for urbanisation which is socially equitable as a significant departure …
Building super temples of sport: the New Delhi Asiad
from politically charged demonstrations to highly commercialised spectacles,
offering new stages for state identity formation and intervention. This article argues …
