I and My Typewriter
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Vande Maataram in Pop Culture
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Although written as far back as 1882, Bankim Chandra’s ‘Vande Maataram’ (from his novel Anandamath) is very much part of […]
The Last Day of Raja Nandakumar
0(On the occasion of India’s Independence Day which falls on August 15th, we take a page from history which gives […]
August 15: Its World-Significance
0(This article by Amal Kiran was published on August 15th 1950 in the monthly journal Mother India. The sub-title read: “Pointers […]
Vande Mātaram in Music
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Bankim Chandra Chatterjee wrote Anandamath in 1882; while the novel itself was hugely popular, it was the song Vande Maataram […]
Quit India
0Bombay, 8 August 1942 The speech which Gandhi delivered at the commencement of the Quit India Movement on 8th August, […]
Vande Maataram in Film
0India’s National Song ‘Vande Maataram’ was written as part of a novel Anandamath by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in 1882. The […]
Meanderings
0(Through the ages, authors and poets have walked – through nature, through towns and cities – to tap the wellsprings […]
Do Schools Kill Creativity?
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“If you aren’t prepared to be wrong you will never come up with anything original.”
Kanyakumari
0One early dawn in March I swam off Kanyakumari just as the great Swami had done back in 1892. The […]
A True Professor
0The Mother says a professor, a true professor, must be truly a yogi. That is to say, a teacher, even […]
Hymn to the Mother
0(‘Bande Mataram’ was written as part of ‘Anandamath’ (1882), a novel by Bankim Chandra Chatterji. It caught the imagination of […]
A True Hero
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A tribal man with raging fever is carried on a stretcher over a long distance to the only doctor available […]
The Extraordinary Average
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At times one feels the sudden urge to do something – something larger than we are, more powerful, more impactful […]
Aims of Education
0The nature and scope of education cannot be considered without various aims and purposes of education. In other words, “education” […]
True Spirit of Renunciation
0A wealthy couple renounced the world and set out to visit places of pilgrimage. Once, as they were passing through […]
The Mother’s Mission
0The Mother was once asked when and how she became conscious of her mission, when and how she came to […]
The Divine Call
0Don’t sleep for just one night, my beautiful friend. And the treasure of eternity will appear before you. The sun […]
How is a Paradigm Formed?
0A group of scientists placed 5 monkeys in a cage and in the middle, a ladder with bananas on the […]
More with Less
0We buy use and throw. Often we buy much more than we actually need. The whole consumerist culture is based […]
Learning for Tomorrow
0When we take a discerning look at organized education, one thing stands out -organized education is a reflection of the […]
The Year
0WHAT can be said in New Year rhymes, That’s not been said a thousand times? The new years come, the […]
The Boon of Struggle
0A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared. He sat and watched the butterfly […]
The Sacrifice of Sri Aurobindo
01.26 am, December 5, 1950. A moment like any other, in a night like many a night – except to […]
The Last Embodied Darshan
0(This was written by Amal Kiran (K.D.Sethna) in 1950, about November 24th and what it meant to him. It appeared […]
Who said Wisdom comes with Age?
1I’m chatting with Srila, presently the vice-principal of the school and an ashramite who has been living and teaching here […]
Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish
0(Steve Jobs (1955-2011) truly did take our world forward and we thank him for it. To celebrate his life, we […]
Meditating with a Blue Heron
0I got up refreshed at 6 am. As usual, I sat on a chair on our outdoor deck to meditate. […]
Stating the Obvious
0I spot Subu outside the ‘living museum’ struggling to put his shoes on, quite alone as usual. I run to […]
What Goes Around, Comes Around
0A young, 18-year-old student was struggling to pay his fees. He was an orphan, and not knowing where to turn […]
