S Srikanta Sastri (Part 4) -
In a play, at minimum there would be a hundred to hundred and fifty songs and verses. Their tunes would be composed on the lines of ‘*Kamalākṣi nāṃ dhany... Sir Sankaran Nair & Budasna v Fatima (1914) -
In 'The Case That Shook the Empire: One Man's Fight for the Truth about the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre by Raghu Palat & Pushpa Palat · 2019' the claim is ... Reviving revolution -
A glimpse into how Arab publics, activists, politicians, and governments mobilized the wildly divergent meanings of revolution refreshes our understanding ... The Role of the Emotions in the Practice of the Integral Yoga -
Emotions tend to be hard to deal with. Spiritual seekers recognise that emotions can disrupt the focus and lead the seeker into undesirable vital entanglem... Savitri Era entails Collective Yoga -
As a devotee of #TheMother & #SriAurobindo for nearly sixty years, I have been telling one and all to read Sri Aurobindo's books in original. https://t.co/... Antyeshti, women & patriarchy: breaking the myths around Hindu funeral rites -
Antyeshti is a sacred duty performed by relatives for the departed to ensure a smooth journey once they leave their physical body. The post Antyeshti, wo... Working for the Mother -
The main work is within and it is this inner work in each one that provides the needed fulcrum for the larger collective work. The post Working for the M... Should undergraduate classics require Latin and Greek? -
The discipline of classics has made headlines recently with Princeton University’s decision to no longer require majors to take Greek … Continue reading → Soul Tracks – The Mayfly Sessions, ep.9 -
Hit-packed, magical, musical hour punctuated by marvelous musings from Matt the Mayfly. A splendid time is guaranteed for all! Song List: The B52s - Lo... Thoughts on Realisms Interlinked by Arindam Chakrabarti/4 -
This post is part of a series discussing Arindam Chakrabarti’s Realisms Interlinked. The previous posts are available here, here and here. The last chapter... Damaging words and their meanings -
It has become a trend to highjack terminologies that are perceived traditionally to have an aura of respectability and reverence. Afterwards, assign them... Dialoging with John Torday about Cellular Evolution -
Dr. Torday is Professor of Evolutionary Medicine at UCLA: https://www.evmed.ucla.edu/torday/ For more on the cellular theory of evolution: https://www.ncbi... Ranada Prasad Shaha: Dreamer of a Glorious Bengal by Dr. Prithwindra Mukherjee -
Dear Friends, Ranada Prasad Shaha, also known as R.P. Shaha (15 November 1896-May 1971), was an entrepreneur and philanthropist of Bangladesh who establish... ऋतश्री, the True Beauty – Simplicity -
Originally posted on matriwords: For this edition of ऋतश्री we take up the theme Simplicity. The Mother once said: “Spirituality is supreme?simplicity. ” (... The Truth That Sets Free -
Hello again. I hope you’re all faring well. Today, I’ld like to return to an earlier topic discussed in The Chrysalis, and that is the relationship between... “In the pattern and bloom of the flowers he is woven…” – 2 -
Flowers are symbolic of psychic movements, said Sri Aurobindo once. They generally represent an opening in the psychic part of the consciousness. The psych... Ten must read old books -
A few old books are a must read: 1) The Rebel (1951) by Albert Camus. 2) Three Critics of the Enlightenment: Vico, Hamann, Herder (2000) by Isaiah Berlin. 3...