January 25, 2012

The Mother’s pre-Ashram years


Overman Foundation has published its seventh book ‘The Mother: The Birth and Growth of a Flame’ on 8 January 2012. Written by Anurag Banerjee and with a preface by Dr. Ananda Reddy (Director, Sri Aurobindo Centre for Advanced Research, Pondicherry), this book is a detailed account of the Mother’s pre-Ashram years and covers the cou... from Overman Foundation - Jan 25, 2012

It gives me immense pleasure to announce that on 31 December 2011 Overman Foundation has published its sixth book ‘Sri Aurobindo and Rabindranath Tagore’—a bilingual anthology of articles written on the two great luminaries of the bygone century. This book—which is a tribute to Rabindranath Tagore on the occasion o... from Overman Foundation - Jan 23, 2012

Published by Overman Foundation, Kolkata. Price—E-copy: Rs. 200. (Hard-copy: Rs. 450). “Sri Aurobindo: His Political Life and Activities” by Anurag Banerjee presents to the reader a well researched account of Sri Aurobindo’s life as a nationalist, a political revolutionary, an educationist in the truest sense, and an inspirer of the youth and co... from Overman Foundation - Jan 20, 2012

Published by Overman Foundation, Kolkata. Price—E-copy: Rs. 20. (Hard-copy: Rs. 60). “The outward work can never be small if the inward one is great, and the outward work can never be great or good if the inward is small or of little worth.”— Meister Eckhart. The above quote wonderfully weaves the ideas of Karma and Dharma to give us a right vie... from Overman Foundation - Jan 10, 2012

It gives me immense pleasure to announce that on 12 December 2011 Overman Foundation has published its fifth book, Sujata Nahar: Loving Homage. Edited by Nirmal Nahar and Anurag Banerjee with a foreword by Samir Kanta Gupta, this tri-lingual book is a collection of tributes paid to Sujata Nahar, the noted authoress... from Overman Foundation - Dec 23, 2011

Published by Overman Foundation, Kolkata. Price— E-copy: Rs. 20. (Hard-copy: Rs. 60). Sri Aurobindo: His Political Life and Activities: compiled and edited by Anurag Banerjee with a preface by Prof. Kittu Reddy. Published by OvermanFoundation, Kolkata. Price—E-copy: Rs. 200. (Hard-copy: Rs. 450). Anurag Banerjee rightly refers to “the ocean of ... from Overman Foundation - Dec 19, 2011

Published by Overman Foundation, Kolkata. Price— E-copy: Rs. 20. (Hard-copy: Rs. 60). The Alipore Bomb Trial Judgment: Compiled and edited by Anurag Banerjee. Published by Overman Foundation, Kolkata. Price—E-copy: Rs. 50. (Hard-copy: Rs. 150). Sri Aurobindo: His Political Life and Activities: Compiled and edited by Anurag Banerjee with a prefac... from Overman Foundation - Dec 13, 2011

The Tale of My Exile: Twelve Years in the Andamans — Barindra Kumar Ghose
ISBN: 978-81-7058-991-4 Publisher: Sri Aurobindo Ashram Publication Department, Pondicherry. Binding: Soft Cover, Pages: 143, Price: Rs 95
Barindra Ghose, Sri Aurobindo’s younger brother, was sentenced to death in 1909 in the Alipore Bomb Case, a sentence later commuted to transportation for life in the Cellular Jail at Port Blair in the Andamans. He was released from there in January 1920 as part of a general amnesty. Told with honesty and humour, this book is the story of his imprisonment with some of his fellow revolutionaries, from the Alipore Jail to the hold of the SS Maharaja to the Cellular Jail and a hard life of deprivation, forced labour, and humiliation by the prison authorities. Translated from the original Bengali into English by Nolini Kanta Gupta and first published in 1922, this new edition includes an introduction and editorial notes.

Anandamath — Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
ISBN: 978-81-85289-13-7 Publisher: Ashir Prakashan, Saharanpur. Binding: Soft Cover, Pages: 203, Price: Rs 200
The famous Bengali novel Anandamath was first published in 1882. It is set in Bengal during the famine of 1770 and tells the story of an armed band of Sannayasis who lead a rebellion against the British East India Company. The book later became a symbol for the struggle for independence and its well-known hymn Bande Mataram a rallying cry for the freedom movement. Bankim’s writing was much admired by Sri Aurobindo, and his translation of the Prologue and the first thirteen chapters of Part I of Anandamath first appeared in the Karmayogin. The rest of the work was translated by his brother Barindra. This book is a reprint of an earlier edition which contained both their translations.