Friday, April 11, 2025

Auroville entangled in conflict and unrest

 Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra

[PDF] AM odern KuruKṣetrA? VAiṣṇAVisM, nAtionAlisM, And the second World WAr

J Chapple
… Ironically, if Krishna Prem, by birth a Briton, could charitably be said to be only weakly in favor of the Allied cause, his spiritual contemporary, fellow Kingsman16 and guru to Dilip Kumar Roy, Sri Aurobindo—formerly a militant Indian nationalist …

The Lasting Peace

W Seek
Remnants of the WS—the sovereignty of states coupled with its offspring, the balance of power—have regained an ascendency that, if not quickly reversed, will lead to the continuation and expansion of a war culture: wars and more wars, local …

Many Ideas of Nationalism in India: Priorities and Challenges

B Chakrabarty
… The volume examines key nationalist thinkers such as Aurobindo, Gandhi, Tagore, Nazrul, Savarkar and Ambedkar. It delineates different … Aurobindo Ghose: ushering in a new era in Indian nationalism 2. Gandhi: reinventing the nationalist …

Judicial Concept of Religion in India: An Analysis of the Relationship Between Religion and Culture in Indian Supreme Court Jurisprudence

D Datar - VRÜ Verfassung und Recht in Übersee, 2025
… In this case, the Court considered whether the belief in the teachings of the saint Shri Aurobindo were religious. In holding that the tenets of Shri Aurobindo’s teachings were not a religious belief, the Supreme Court observed that ‘[e]veryone …

[PDF] An Ecocritical Study of Robin S Ngangom's Poetry

C Nath
Robin S Ngangom is one of the most prominent bilingual poets of North East India who contributes in English and Manipuri. His poems celebrate the beauty of nature with a genuine ecological concern for this diverse landscape. His work echoes …

[PDF] WITH AND BEYOND SOCIOLOGY AND INDIAN KNOWLEDGE

BHI VISHWA
… philosopher and scholar of Sri Aurobindo and the Upanishads, helps us realise. Banerjee (p. xxi) also states: “But this sitting close was not merely a shared subcultural identity but a being minor in two deeper ways (1) a sustained …

[PDF] LEARNING HOME AS AN ALTERNATE MODE OF EDUCATION: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES

MK Indulkar, B Balani - Printers
… Rabindranath Tagore's Visva-Bharati University and Sri Aurobindo's Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education are the prime examples. The schools based on the Steiner (founder of Anthroposophy) philosophy of education are …

[PDF] THE PRINCIPLES, BENEFITS AND PRESENT DAY PRACTICES OF YOGA

B Sau
Newtonian and Non-Newtonian mechanics are closely related to the practice and outcome of Yoga. The practices of Yoga not only lead to the physical well-being but also awaken the human mind to pure consciousness of the universe. The practices …

[PDF] Exploring Consciousness And The Subconscious Mind: A Comparative Study Of The Panchkosha Theory And Freud's Unconscious

MJ Arora, J Singh, R Kaur - REDVET-Revista electrónica de Veterinaria
… Sri Aurobindo, a notable 20th-century philosopher and spiritual educator, elaborates on these concepts by highlighting the significance of the Vijnanamaya Kosha in facilitating spiritual advancement. He contends that authentic spiritual …

[PDF] Future-Ready Living: Energy Self-Sufficient Housing for Bharat's Sustainability Goals

K Kabdal - International Journal, 2025
The rapid urbanization of Bharat presents a critical need for sustainable, self-sufficient housing models that tackle the challenges of resource consumption, energy dependency, and environmental impact. This research explores unique design …

[PDF] Understanding The Structure Of Mind

D Uparikar Premkant, JK Mangat, R Singh Amool
One of the universe's most intricate systems is the human mind. The human brain is the primary source of consciousness and the physical foundation of the mind. With the aid of consciousness, the mind integrates all information from all sensory …

Mahesh Dattani's Role in the Upliftment of the Marginalized Through Drama: A Critical Analysis

AA Khan - 2025
… In spite of the paucity name of Mahesh Dattani is viewed, as one of the most famous Indian playwrights after Tagore and Aurobindo Ghose. Dattani is recognized as the dramatist of the pile, including the affluent, the oppressed the urban upper …

The level of deception by the Auroville Foundation is unimaginable. How can an organization meant to foster unity and truth sink so low?

The removal of a resident's post on Auroville's forum "Auronet" for sharing an article in The Hindu— calling for at least two senior residents on the Governing Board— reveals the daily persecutions Auroville residents endure. This suppression of voices, amidst ongoing tensions over land deals and governance, endangers the community's core values. 

Anu omits that the Auroville Foundation has censored residents from posting in "News and Notes" and Auronet, silencing dissident voices. Oh, how noble of them to "protect" Auroville by ensuring no one can speak against their actions—truly the spirit of a utopia! This is the true danger to Auroville. Demand transparency!

https://x.com/aurovilleunity/status/1910241900084293739?t=HepPq2-pu3EFEtlfkhrwuQ&s=19

I can't reply to "No, Auroville is not in danger" tweet of Mr. Ghosal, because he blocked me, years ago, for pointing out that a sentence he ascribed to in a his Twitter post of his, was not actually Sri Aurobindo's.  See my replies to his present tweet after this: #Auroville

https://x.com/trueseek/status/1909816876982845641?t=lkKAGYqNLWcJkavu2hiFrA&s=19

We also got blocked by @GoutamGhosal3 as soon as we stated a few facts—clearly not open to dialogue at all. We tried to communicate politely at first, but he soon got really nasty in his replies, badmouthing residents, then deleting his posts. No accountability. This is the kind of attitude that shows people like him don’t deserve to be on the Governing Board of the Auroville Foundation.

https://x.com/aurovilleunity/status/1910278705445797934?t=JGhyoiIPyuRVCRxzYOWEbg&s=19

Once a symbol of tranquility, Auroville now mirrors the bustling transformation of any Indian city.

It now finds itself entangled in conflict and unrest.

Read @PoojaPrasanna4 and @priyankathiru's deep dive report.

https://x.com/newslaundry/status/1910490482020335785?t=xFkMqM2-Y0OVqVUtnvf2Rw&s=19

For those who wanted to know who reacted to the negative propaganda against the development of #Auroville.

Response # 1 by Antoine Colombani

Response  # 2 by Sylvie Escarret

Response # 3 by Anandi Breton

Response # 4 by Jean Pougault 

Response # 5 by Dominique H

https://x.com/GoutamGhosal3

Wrong mindsets are dangerous. Excessive expectations are even more dangerous.

Before anything else, each person must engage in an inner search to understand exactly why they are coming to Auroville.

The idea of a community expanding into a city is full of challenges and (1) demands hard and consistent work. Auroville was never meant to be just for 3,500 people. It was never meant to be a small community in a green area, behind fences and high borders, separated from the rest of the world, without laws, and simply offering a fun and easy life. (2) It seems that some people live in a fantasy world and are unaware of the realities of this world.

Dear ones who come from other countries, how can you so easily label a creation of such purity?

A bit of humility, a bit of gratitude toward the creators of Auroville is deserved (3) Spiritual life has never been easy, and in today’s world, it is harder than ever.

https://x.com/AnitaKamali_AV/status/1910594352033784276?t=-S6dDs59v2ulp8uzHE3xqQ&s=19

I do. A person can have disagreements with another person, yet she can revere him for the right reasons. He was the first to speak about nationalism and inspired the likes of savarkar and aurobindo. He was a journalist who ferociously spoke against the tyrrany for bureaucracy. And got jailed for that very reason. He chose jail at the cost of his health when he was given the option of release in return for quitting the work he was doing. He denied doing so. 

https://x.com/Mogrekaphool/status/1910591676747260146?t=hbyq63RIQqX-wY1XuS4pvw&s=19

One of my choicest works—“ *Moving Towards a South ASIAN Confederation*” (2009–10)—was shaped under the guidance of Prof. Kittu Reddy (Kittu-da), a respected scholar and sadhak of Sri Aurobindo Ashram, and nephew of former President Neelam Sanjiv Reddy. His wisdom left a lasting imprint.

https://x.com/VaishnavVibha/status/1910276083464733024?t=ID0W2ou9PGu82sqX--bp6g&s=19

Namaste sir, I don't think we can declare Israel as evil given the situation and environment they are placed in, there are enough arguments in defense and against their actions. Here are some comments from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother

x.com/Auro_Mere/stat…

https://x.com/Auro_Mere/status/1910324703123693827?t=cCDD0m6Tnllz7k7FcVObPg&s=19

Raj Narain Basu (1826–1899),  maternal grandfather of Aurobindo Ghosh & his close associate Nabha Gopal Mitra (1840-94) can be called co-fathers of Two-nation theory.

Further, Aryas, Hunas etc speak about Pak & Bangladesh but not of ‘separation’ of Nepal, Myanmar or Sri Lanka?

https://x.com/I_aym_Saad/status/1910587682079522925?t=53WVbBkqUiD2Zo8GAoZnqA&s=19

Friday, March 28, 2025

Sri Aurobindo’s plays deal with different cultures and countries in different epochs

 Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra

The fourth book in the INDIAN LIVES series that I edit is out. Peter Heehs’s magnificent biography recounts in riveting detail how Mirra Alfassa made the journey from the art salons of Paris to becoming ‘The Mother’ of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram. Available online and in bookshops.

https://x.com/Ram_Guha/status/1898966364838408213?t=vbPBFIlJ3L8mEZvBCe83oQ&s=19 

Two biographies of The Mother has been published this year.

1) The Mother : A Life of Sri Aurobindo's Spiritual Collaborator by Peter Heehs

amazon.in/Indian-Lives-B…

2) The Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram: Co-Creator of the Integral Yoga by Patrick Beldio

amazon.in/Mother-Sri-Aur…

https://x.com/SavitriEra/status/1889169421123395919?t=DWzZrpAXIhesqraCmZr0aQ&s=19

[HTML] Is There an Unholy Collusion Between Science and Religion in India? Interrogating Meera Nanda, of the Five Horse Angels

P Bilimoria - Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research, 2025
… any kind, be that creation ex nihilo, deus ex machina, intelligent design (the demiurge/potter-model), emanationism, emergentism, immaculate or coitus conception, or some version of evolutionism as extracted from Sāṃkhya ontology …

RESPONSIBLE LEADERSHIP IN INDIA: INSIGHTS FOR GLOBAL LEADERSHIP RESEARCH

C Brighia, C Miskab - Advances in Global Leadership, 2025
We adopt an indigenous perspective on the emerging economy of India to identify and assess antecedents of responsible leadership (RL) across the micro, meso, and macro levels of analysis. This setting is rich in cultural, linguistic, and social diversity …

[The Princeton Bhakti Vedanta Institute is experimenting with AI generated videos as a contemporary means of reaching the public with presentations on Spiritual Culture. Please forgive any defects and limitations as we learn how to implement this technology.


[PDF] ORIGIN AND ITS GROWTH OF INDIAN DRAMA: A CONCISE CHRONOLOGICAL STUDY

J Islam, MN Hossain
… The most striking feature of Sri Aurobindo’s plays is that they deal with the different cultures and countries in different epochs, ringing with … in the total content of Sri Aurobindo’s dramatic literature. In matters of plot construction and …

In Love with the City: Aesthetics, Belonging and Development in the Wall Murals of Bhubaneswar

J Tripathy - Society and Culture in South Asia, 2025
Indian urban planning is not merely dependent on visual solidity solidity and awe-inspiring infrastructure but also on aesthetically pleasing spaces that offer alternative ideas of city as geographies of contemplation and affection. In their effort to create a narrative …


[An article on the life of Nirata and her association with the Mother authored by Anurag Banerjee has been published on the website of Overman Foundation. To read the article, kindly click on the following link:


https://overmanfoundation.org/nirata-the-embodiment-of-sincere-devotion-by-anurag-banerjee/ ]


[PDF] The Mainstream and the Periphery: A Search for Missing Link between Amitav Ghosh's The Shadow Lines and Aruni Kashyap's The House with a Thousand Stories

AS Paul
… What is to be noticed is that Aurobindo does not deny the mixing of multifaceted aspects of culture, rather he ensconces an assimilation of whatever is alien and foreign to India into the age -old Indian spirit and ethos. This assimilation can create …

[PDF] RAMANUJA'S SRI-BHASHYA: A HERMENEUTICAL ANALYSIS

MR Neog - Drsti.
In this paper we discuss an effective teaching of Ramanuja’s Sri-Bhashya as one of the most prominent among the major works of philosophical and mystical texts. Ramanuja has bequeathed three studies on the Brahmasutra such as, the Vedanta …

Exploring Apophasis Across Traditions: Upanishads and Medieval Christianity

S Velassery
Page 1 Indian Philosophy: Past and Present Sebastian Velassery Exploring Apophasis Across Traditions: Upanishads and Medieval Christianity Springer Page 2 Indian Philosophy: Past and Present Series Editor Bindu Puri, JNU Campus …

[HTML] How concepts do activism: as worlds, aids, cells, and currents

D Cooper - Cultural Studies, 2025
What is conceptual activism and how should we understand the form and affordances of the concept as it takes shape within it? Drawing on interviews with twenty-three interdisciplinary academics, along with social theoretical and empirical …

[PDF] Mainstream Weekly

N Sukumar
… the social laboratory for Hindutva. Jan Bremem1 has analysed the well-entrenched nature of the Hindutva movement and its predecessors in … The price these previously denigrated segments have to pay for their acceptance within the Hindutva …

The Union of India: Bodily Unity in Indian Law and Literature

S Suresh - Law & Literature, 2025
A cartographic anxiety haunts the Indian collective psyche and its institutions. This persisting anxiety over cartographic forms emerges from, this article will argue, a primordial dread of the body in fragmentation, a generative phantasmagoria, that …

[PDF] CONTEMPORARY INDIA

KA Jacobsen - ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF CONTEMPORARY …
… Hinduism is an immensely diverse and pluralistic phenomenon and should not be mistaken for the political movement that uses a homogenized idea of Hindu identity (Hindutva) to mobilize for a hinduization of India and produces fear among the minorities …

“Who Do We Say That We Are?” The Story of the WCC's Exploration of Christian Identity in a Multireligious World

C Amos - The Ecumenical Review
This article discusses the work of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in developing an understanding of Christian self‐understanding in the context of religious plurality, setting out a Christian theological rationale for interreligious …

[PDF] SOCIO-POLITICAL INFLUENCE OF SUFIS ON THE FORMATION OF BENGAL SULTANATE AND ITS RELEVANCE TO THE PRESENT DAY BANGLADESH

A AL MASUD, M ZAKARIA, MR ISLAM, A UDDİN
… For instance, when after the death of Sultan Ghiyathuddin Azam Shah, Raja Kans tried to establish Hindutva supremacy and hegemony in Bengal, Nur Qutb Alam stood firm, dismantled the project of Hindutva protect and thereby succeeded in reestablishing …

Making management Hindu: SK Chakraborty and the indigenisation of homo economicus

D Moodie - South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, 2025
… It is plain to see how this formulation aligns easily with Hindutva imaginings. Yet, as this article has sought to make clear, the indigenisation of homo economicus is a project that does not just serve the aims of Hindutva. It brings together and cuts …

[HTML] The 'Spiritual'and the 'Religious' in the Twittersphere: A Topic Model and Semantic Map

F Winiger, G Schneider, J Goldzycher, D Neuhold… - Journal of Religion, Media …, 2025
One of the principal challenges of religious studies is the lack of a widely accepted normative definition of the terms ‘religion’ and ‘spirituality.’ Responding to recent calls for methodological innovation in this field, in this paper we present a “bottom-up” …

Secular State: Its Importance and Limits

B Parekh
… Over time the Hindutva-based BJP gained popular supremacy and power, and posed a serious threat to the security and identity of the minorities, especially the Muslims. Secularism is a valuable goal but it can cause havoc if it is defined and …

Reconfiguring Char as" Heterotopia": Poetics, Politics and Polemics of Miya Poetry in Assam

N Paul - Migration, Identity and Resistance in the Postcolonial …, 2025
The structure of the nation-state is grounded in a coeval process of building walls around the “self” and excluding the “other” to ensure the unchallenged hegemony of the “self”. The modern nation-making process, essentially a derivative discourse …

[PDF] Exploring the Flight from Nepali Eth-nic Identity in Manjushree Thapa's

S Laha
Nepal, the small Himalayan nation, has long served as the picturesque land of beautiful snow peaked mountains, scenic landscapes. In spite of that beauteous nature, one is unable to forget the fact that the denizens of the nation remained for …