The thrust on the market economy is a kind of correction

From: "umesh naik" To: tusarnmohapatra@mail.com Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 14:29:53 +0530

Dear Tusar,
Thankyou for the comment on the Blog -verslavenir. I am not at all familiar at the moment with this medium. It just sort of happenned on the computer. So it will develop slowly as I learn. I visited your blog and liked it immensely..... I teach economics at the M.S. University of Baroda. With reagrds, Umesh Naik

On 9/10/06, Tusar N. Mohapatra tusarnmohapatra@mail.com wrote:

Oh great! You are at the same place where Sri Aurobibdo too taught a century back. It is certainly a blessing for you. Blogs are now a great medium and we must extract the full advantage of this new technology. As regards your invitation to contribute, my hands are full at the moment, as you can see. However, you are free to re-run the posts from the archives, if you so like.

I'd be interested to know your views as to how to reconcile the present thrust on market economy with the ideals of The Mother and Sri Aurobindo. That is the biggest theoretical challenge we encounter today, for writings of The Mother and Sri Aurobindo on these aspects are rudimentary, and Auroville as an economic model is still in disarray.

On 9/11/06, umesh naik auroputra@gmail.com wrote: Tusar,

yes, there is a great deal of interpretation that requires to be done as regards current developments in the world and India in particular in the light of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother. That is exactly what needs to be done if one wants to be relevant to the youth of today. I have seen a lot of sites which only reproduce extracts from their writings. This is certainly good, but one must also attempt to make sense of the woorld around us in the vision and spirit of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother.

We used to run a Youth Parliament here, where students found it very "happening" to come and discuss various issues, express themselves and discover their "identity". Unfortunately, some "sadhaks" felt the whole business was mundane and unspiritual. So there is a pause in the forum.

I am extremely happy you raised the question of the market. The thrust on the market economy is a kind of correction which is required at the moment. It is certainly not the end nor the only means. It will be superseded, but only when we have learnt the lessons it has to teach. I will get back to you on this as I have to rush for my class just now. Regards, Umesh

i have posted something on the blog as an instant response to your prompting...it is incomplete but still..Vers l'Avenir umesh naik I am an educator in Economics at the M.S.University of Baroda, Gujarat, India. This site is an expression of my interest in the vision of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother and a wish to present it to youth in a way that will make it meaningful to them in their life. Location: 304, Vedant Apts., 27, Urmi Society, Vadodara-390007. Gujarat, IN