An Afternoon at Ajanta
0“The first and lowest use of Art is the purely aesthetic, the second is the intellectual or educative, the third […]
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A Taste in the Mouth
0O unknowable land of familiar stories your secrets concealed behind invisible masks for us to uncover. A teasing now and […]
One Day (The Little More)
0One day, and all the half-dead is done, One day, and all the unborn begun; A little path and the […]
Life and Death
0Life, death, – death, life; the words have led for ages Our thought and consciousness and firmly seemed Two opposites; […]
Friends Forever
0Speaking about best friends the other day, it brought about the question of what the role of a best friend […]
To Honour Your Soul
0Perhaps you have never heard of Katherine Lawes. Katherine was the wife of Lewis Lawes, warden at Sing Sing Prison […]
Hiye Kaaya Mein (In this Body…)
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(From the Kabir Project) Kabir evokes the simultaneous beauty and fragility of our body-selves through a series of metaphors in […]
On Sri Aurobindo’s Savitri
0On Sri Aurobindo’s Savitri Part Two: Collected Comments — Writings by Amal Kiran (K. D. Sethna) Whereas volume one of […]
This is Love
0The lover dissolving into the unseen, Making visible the object of love This is love. The desire to be seen […]
Glaring at God
1Have you ever experienced that moment of frustration when it seems as if God, your best buddy, your travelling companion, […]
Come as a Breath
1Come as a gold spangled breath of presence A mist of an unseen gold, Out colouring every hue of ‘I’ness […]
Turning Point
2I am speaking of an incident that took place about 30 years ago. It concerns our late friend Sri Surendra […]
A Life of Beauty
0With beauty before me, May I walk With beauty behind me, May I walk With beauty above me, May I […]
The Glass Palace
0Amitav Ghosh’s The Glass Palace is an epic novel that traces the political, social and cultural transformation of British colonies […]
Tu Ka Tu (You only You)
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Prahlad Tipanya is one of the foremost names which comes to mind when one speaks of the revival of the […]
At the Samadhi of Sri Aurobindo
0Majestic Master of the immutable Light, Calm traveler of the tortured paths of clay, Love like a universe thronged within […]
On Attachments
0As a new year approaches, pondering on a perennial question becomes stronger. How can we really let go of the various attachments that bind us? Giving […]
Steps to Freedom and Mastery
0Steps to Freedom and Mastery Publisher: Sri Aurobindo Ashram Publication Department, Pondicherry The perennial thirst of man is freedom; and […]
Music without Boundaries
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Recently I stumbled across a singer just by chance – Snatam Kaur. I know music is very subjective and we […]
A Unique Little Girl
0A Unique Little Girl — Pournaprema Publisher: Sri Aurobindo Ashram Publication Department, Pondicherry Biographies of the Mother and reminiscences by […]
The Touch of a Master’s Hand
0I was battered and scarred and the auctioneer Thought it scarcely worth his while To waste much time on the […]
Pain is the Hammer of the Gods
0As I walk the wet by-lanes of Mumbai sheltered by my umbrella the rains stab the streets with a million […]
Seed of Grandeur
0Seed of Grandeur Commentary on Sri Aurobindo’s ‘Thought the Paraclete’, ‘Rose of God’ and Savitri — S. K. Sarma It […]
On Movies, Art and Culture
0About a month ago I watched a movie called “The Monuments Men“, an American-German production directed by George Clooney, who […]
Krishna
0Like a song of joy, humming On dreaming wings, He whispers into my heart Sweet nothings, Wreathing my face with […]
Sri Aurobindo: Saga of a Great Indian Sage
0Sri Aurobindo: Saga of a Great Indian Sage Author: Wilfried Huchzermeyer Since the publication of the first biography of Sri […]
The Knowledge Within
0Book: The Knowledge Within The Source, the Breath, the Five Elements, the Body or Matter — Compiled from the Works […]
Dots and Stickers
0The Wemmicks were small wooden people. These little wooden people were carved by a woodworker named Eli whose workshop sat […]
Can a Politician be a Gentleman?
0(Following is a compelling speech on politics and politicians by an eminent politician of pre-independence days delivered at the NagpurUniversity […]
Take the Weather with You
0Traveller: “What kind of weather are we going to have today?” Shepherd: “The kind of weather I like.” Traveller: “How […]
