Plasim Radar
Knowledge of God Is the Essential Requirement for Liberation of All Beings from Suffering - Sri Aurobindo translates Shwetashwatara Upanishad, Chapter Six, Verse 20: “When the sons of men shall fold up ether like a skin and wrap the heavens round...
Help me plan a module on angels and demons in medieval theology - I’m due to teach a new course in September, which sets out to use angelology and demonology as a way into medieval theology and philosophy. We don’t curren...
Candle Lighting at the Lotus Feet of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo - The Divine is the sure friend who never fails, the Power, the Support, the Guide. The Divine is the Light which scatters darkness, the conqueror who assu...
Grief is a gust of breeze - Of Storied Trees, so Stonily Erect the Fallen Leaves In Summer Stillness- Cemeteries Say no Loss is save of some lofty Family's Your Grief is just a gust o...
My Introduction to and Journeys in Indian Philosophy - Dear Indian Philosophy Blog readers, The board of the Indian Philosophy Blog has asked me to contribute three or four posts within the span of a month here...
“Today 110 Years Ago Sri Aurobindo Arrives in Pondicherry - a Detailed Report!” - by Aryadeep - The Detailed Report of Sri Aurobindo’s Stay in Chandernagore and Arrival in Pondicherry I suppose the coronavirus topic is on the top of the minds of Auro...
A World is Ending - My article on the pandemic in the journal Identities can be found here.
An Unpublished Letter of Nirodbaran to The Illustrated Weekly of India - Dear Friends, 4 April 2020 marks the 110th anniversary of Sri Aurobindo’s arrival in Pondicherry which went on to become the ‘cave’ of His ‘tapasya’. On th...
From Politics to Yoga - One hundred and ten years ago, on April 4, 1910, Sri Aurobindo arrived at the old port of Pondicherry. And this little town by the bay and rest of India an...
Music video commentaries (5) – Kanye West - Kanye West, Runaway (Kanye West, 2010) Runaway pushes the boundaries of the music video, turning it into a 34-minute (including credits) short film. West c...
Practices of relation: Gorski and Perry - Sociologists Philip Gorski and Samuel Perry engage one another in critical dialogue around White Christian Nationalism in the United States.
Hampi Continues to Live – Part 8 - Continued from Part 7 Hazara Rama temple (Photos by Suhas Mehra, text and quotes selection by Beloo Mehra) यावत्स्थास्यन्ति गिरयः सरितश्च महीतले | तावद्र...
Pathocracy and the Chrysalis - I thought I was being clever in coining the term “Pathocracy” for what we otherwise call “the New Normal”, but I see some have beat me to it. It is this, i...
Ecological Civilization, or Anarcho-Primitivism? - Here’s my original blog post: Imagining a Gaian Reality After the Virus
Why is Evan Thompson not a Buddhist? (1) - Recently Evan Thompson released a book with the provocative title Why I Am Not A Buddhist. The book is an … Continue reading →
Шри Ауробиндо или Судьба Тела - Шри Ауробиндо или судьба тела С чувством искреннего смирения мы предлагаем читателю эту книгу с необычным названием. У автора нет претензии ни играть рол...
Stimulating creativity as a personality asset - *A momentous event shouldn't go unnoticed. *The Mother arrived in Puducherry on March 29, 1914. It's not a Darshan Day but holds the greatest significanc...
Education and Learning - *Education is not confined to classrooms* With schools and colleges closed many are talking of missing learning and education!!! We tend to not only vi...
Depth is only so much as you can measure; Je pakshi ude jete dura - Majority is not synonymous with Democracy. Authorisation is by majority vote but thereafter an elite minority rules. Top Party committee, therefore, is of ...
Sooner or Later – Jazz concert - A beautiful jazz concert was held in Bharat Nivas Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th March. In this recording you can listen to original songs composed by Rolf,...
Violence against Women: Problem and the Remedy – M.S.Srinivasan - One of the most distressing condition at present in India is the violence against woman in various forms, from sexual … Violence against Women: Problem and...
Film review: ‘Thappad’ - I assume that by now everyone who wanted to see this film has already seen it and that those who haven’t seen the film are not going to see it. So I am not...