Art, Truth and Politics
0In 1958 I wrote the following: ‘There are no hard distinctions between what is real and what is unreal, nor […]
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Sanskrit
0Sanskrit is a language of antiquity. The roots of many languages of the world are found in Sanskrit. It is […]
Young Lions
0When finally Damodar ‘Damu’ Acharya rebelled in 1980 and set out to organise oppressed fellow workers, little did he know […]
Sanskrit: A Creative Force
0When we speak about the greatness of Sanskrit we often underline the importance of ancient culture, religion, literature, poetry, science, […]
Siva
0Of all the beings of the overmind, of all the gods, Siva has always seemed to me the most sympathetic, […]
City of Hope
0For the breed that talks about corporate social responsibility and about the role of corporate India, a visit to Jamshedpur […]
The Redoubtable Babus of Mumbai
0Here’s an example of how the meek might inherit India. Here too, is an insight into what really makes India […]
Sanskrit as the National Language of India
1The Nobel Laureate physicist, Dr. C.V. Raman, believed that Sanskrit was the only language that could be the national language […]
A Unified System
0Like all parents who think their child is imbued with extraordinary intelligence until it becomes an adult (when the real […]
Go, Kiss the World
1I was the last child of a small-time government servant, in a family of five brothers. My earliest memory of […]
A Land of Children Dancing in the Rain
0One often hears of the high prevalence of child labour in our country. Of the many reports I have read, […]
Some Doubts, Some Questions
0Is Sanskrit a Hindu Language? It would be good at this stage to look at some of the objections that […]
The New Face of Terrorism
1The phenomenon of “terrorism” has taken many masks and claddings in the history of mankind. Mercenaries of old, self-proclaimed “warriors […]
Uncommon Battle
0For half a millennium now, the people of Muli, a nondescript town in Gujarat’s Surendranagar district, have revered the partridge […]
Sanskrit – A Self-existent Truth and Power
0Life is infinite and rich in its possibilities. All language is an attempt to formulate and communicate the variety and […]
Of Past Dawns and Future Noons
0Book: Of Past Dawns and Future Noons; Author: Shonar ‘…when we call ourselves Indian, there just has to be something […]
The Giga Joke
0After countless aeons of stillness and utter motionless silence, suddenly God exploded into frantic creative activity. He multiplied himself into […]
Man-making Education
0Knowing is unveiling. Education is the manifestation of the perfection already in man. Knowledge is inherent in man, no knowledge […]
The Relevance of Sri Aurobindo for Global Education
0Sri Aurobindo has come to announce to the world the beauty of the future that will be realized. He has […]
Understanding the Tsunami
0On 26th December 2004, a devastating earthquake with an intensity of 8.9 on the Richter scale rocked Indonesia. The upheaval […]
Sri Aurobindo
0Brahman defies description, mind and speech return baffled from it. Likewise Sri Aurobindo defies description, no adjective, no epithet, no […]
The Pair of Hands
0It happened almost twenty five years ago. I was then quite preoccupied with painting. They were mostly images of gods […]
The Triple Filter Test
0In ancient Greece, Socrates was reputed to hold knowledge in high esteem. One day an acquaintance met the great philosopher […]
Everything
0For a moment the big hall seemed empty. The technicians had left for a cup of coffee in the cafeteria, […]
What does Society Expect of Us?
2That’s a question that will take most of us a lifetime to answer! Are we socially more acceptable if we […]
Pitfalls in Sadhana (III)
0Obsessions-Defects-Desires We observed that the first pitfall is mistaking the means for the end. What is a process, a […]
A Pilgrimage with a Difference
0Great men undertake works of gigantic proportions, accomplished by the call of their inner voice. Their pure consciousness makes them […]
Are you Listening?
0The man whispered, “God, speak to me.” And, a meadowlark sang. But, the man did not hear. So the man […]
Pitfalls in Sadhana (II)
0Rituals-Emotions-Psychic We were speaking of pitfalls in sadhana. Let us be clear that pitfalls are different from downfalls. When […]
