Ashis Nandy had mauled the memory of Sri Aurobindo like a
bull in a china shop which Savita Singh has now ably countered by juxtaposing the hermeneutical
reading of J.L. Mehta. Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr characterizes Savarkar a morally guilty man, third rate thinker, but
he is misrepresented
argues Uday Mahurkar. We
must differ with Gandhi, asserts Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr but visiting Rajghat on
January 30, 2013 tells a different tale. [TNM55]
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Spinning mythology
Labels:
Ashis Nandy,
Gandhi,
J.L. Mehta,
Savarkar,
Sri Aurobindo
Location:
Shipra Riviera Indirapuram
Friday, December 28, 2012
Sri Aurobindo advocates a religious ethos for nationalism
Tweets 23 Dec - @satyamevajayate Reciting
Savitri and reading The Life Divine by Sri Aurobindo is perhaps the best means for spreading sanity and harmony. View
conversation
23 Dec - Savitri Era Party @SavitriEraParty
May the youth of my country follow the words of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo
instead of chasing quick-fix solutions in Rajpath and India Gate. 23 Dec Those who are fueling anarchy in the
name of securing instant justice through direct democracy are enemies of
national interest and harmony 23 Dec The alacrity with which some national
level players jump regularly to fish in troubled waters without thought sends
shivers down the spine. 23 Dec - @raj393 No
instant solutions barring invoking the teaching of The Mother & Sri
Aurobindo. Halting moral degeneration is a long-term process. 23 Dec - @raj393 Mere
security and secularism is not enough for inculcating character. Sri Aurobindo
has advocated a religious ethos for nationalism. View
conversation
20 Dec From now on as the search for a new iDom
begins, the idiom of Indian politics goes for a toss. Religion and its pseudo
version under scanner. 13 Dec [International Research Network on
Religion and Democracy presents an international conference ‘Are We
Postsecular?’ 13–14 Dec. 2012 at LSR] 10 Dec - @OUPAcademic @philosophybites "Matter,
the usual philosophical pariah, is spiritual, and has been treated with due
respect" by Sri Aurobindo. View
conversation
7 Dec @bhavinjadav @ShivaKap I learnt about two new
words today: Heilsgeschichte & Enantiodromia http://selforum.blogspot.in/2012/12/sri-aurobindo-is-more-intellectually.html … @hguptapolicy @orsoraggiante - View
conversation
5 Dec Neither Ambedkar nor Savarkar, Sri
Aurobindo is the true beacon of light for guiding the future of India and the
world in the 21st Century. 1 Dec - @SathyaSher @alok_bhatt @kshetragnya Read Sri
Aurobindo's Human Cycle and all theoretical confusion will melt away. Ignorance
is no glory. View
conversation
29 Nov Give must not spur any give and take ...
For to know how to wait is a heroic trait. http://tusarnmohapatra.blogspot.in/2005/11/diffidence.html …
28 Nov The philosophy of Sri Aurobindo has not
been accepted on a wide scale till now, but then no other philosophy has been
universally accepted. 28 Nov "गो is cow or cattle, no
problems there" surmises @bibekdebroy,
but no, then what is Goloka or Gaveshana? Sri Aurobindo comes to the rescue. 28 Nov What is the meaning of life? The simple
answer is LIFE. L = Light, I = Immortality, F = Freedom, E = Ecstasy or Bliss. http://savitriera.blogspot.in/2007/11/light-bliss-freedom-immortality.html …
28 Nov A confluence of myth, history &
philosophy, Savitri, like Suez Canal , ensues
unhindered East-West commerce of culture. http://savitriera.blogspot.in/2007/11/step-and-all-is-sky-and-god.html …
28 Nov Admirers of Swami Vivekananda are legion
but only a minuscule of them has read the works of The Mother & Sri
Aurobindo. http://savitriera.blogspot.in/2007/11/promoting-intellectual-growth-of.html …
26 Nov - @saliltripathi With a slight
modification of course, with Sri Aurobindo and his 1947 Five Dreams as the
pivot. @sabhlok - View
conversation
Saturday, December 01, 2012
Founding a new religion is not an easy task
Their recent posts imply that Levi and Harman are
no longer as confident about OOO as they were a year ago. RSS has come in for
scathing attack even from faithfuls for its functioning as a secret society.
AAP seems clueless about its future and no clarity has emerged on policy front.
Leftist rhetoric is tottering under the weight of clinging to false hopes but
is surviving through polysyllables.
RC is right in catching discrepancies in The Mother's
utterances, but he must understand the balancing act she had to perform in the
face of multi-pronged resistances. Founding a new religion is not an easy task
and sugarcoating the cruel truth is always permitted. The choice is either to
have faith or move away but whining all the while and creating nuisance
perennially doesn't behove of a person who values diversity. His academic
interrogations, however, are welcome. [TNM55]
Location:
Shipra Riviera Indirapuram
Saturday, November 24, 2012
AAP deserves all support and goodwill
Tweets 1h - Savitri Era Party @SavitriEraParty
Not appreciating Sri Aurobindo yet is a cause of India 's misery. AAP must offer
intellectual leadership and not discredited Leftist ideology. 1h Karnad batted for lyrics recently and a play
is more about dialogues. AAP must get down to Policy or it'd be Too many cooks
spoil the broth. 1h - @indinova @mihirssharma Neither Ayodhya
nor Nalanda, Pondicherry shows the way for the future through Sri Aurobindo's #5Dreams #SiddhiDay View
conversation 1h Muted response to AAP on Twitter is
understandable. Ground has slipped from under many a feet and most are
crestfallen. #SiddhiDay#5Dreams 2h The circuitous route that AAP has traversed
before taking birth today is a masterstroke considering how perplexed Congress,
BJP & Left were. 2h Thanks to AAP, there is a space now in the
national politics to breathe freely beyond dynasties and dystopian fossils. #SiddhiDay#5Dreams 3h So Hisar was no misadventure. With AAP
becoming a reality, connecting the dots is easier now. "Mayhem in
Meham" too once made Haryana famous. 3h - @rajeerajan Many
faces of Indian Democracy: Of the Bharatiya Lok Dal, By the Janata Party, For
the Aam Aadmi Party. #SiddhiDay Sri
Aurobindo View
conversation 7h What better opportunity than to have an
inhouse psephologist for founding AAP who is also an ace theorist and stickler
for ethics #SiddhiDay
7h Equally fascinating is AAP's tryst with
theatre. All techniques of Asmita were adopted to change the political theatre
of India.#SiddhiDay
7h AAP took birth through the midwifery of the
old-, new-, and paid-media. Truly a 21st Century party that has tamed
technology. #SiddhiDay
7h Machiavelli is the first political thinker
to effectively separate politics from religion - by Greg Nyquist: http://selforum.blogspot.in/2007/08/machiavelli-is-first-political-thinker.html … #SiddhiDay 8h Sri Aurobindo drew on Neoplatonism,
Hegelianism, and Bergson http://feelphilosophy.blogspot.in/2012/06/sri-aurobindo-drew-on-neoplatonism.html … Yoga
Vashishtha and Kashmir Shaivism http://savitriera.blogspot.in/2006/10/integral-adwaita-yoga-vashishtha.html …
8h Knowing the complexities of Indian political
scene, it's premature to expect firm policy grooves hewed by AAP. #SiddhiDay of
Sri Aurobindo. 8h AAP deserves all support and goodwill as it
occupies the crucial non-Congress, non-BJP space as an alternative with a
national perspective. 8h Many faces of Indian Democracy: Of the
Bharatiya Lok Dal, By the Janata Party, For the Aam Aadmi Party. #SiddhiDay Sri
Aurobindo's 5-Dreams. 23h - Savitri Era Party @SavitriEraParty
- #SiddhiDay of
Sri Aurobindo. Greetings.
Labels:
AAP,
Karnad,
Machiavelli,
Sri Aurobindo
Friday, November 23, 2012
Best Wishes to Kejriwal
Tweets 16mSavitri Era Party @SavitriEraParty Our last
hope & prayer 12 hours before founding of@ArvindKejriwal7's New Party
& First NC meeting: Sri Aurobindo's Five Dreams #SiddhiDay 40m - @ArvindKejriwal7 It's hoped
that Sri Aurobindo's ideals finds a mention in New Party's guiding principles
tomorrow. Best Wishes. #SiddhiDay View
conversation 1h - @kirankhurana Good
sign as 24 November is celebrated as Sri Aurobindo’s #SiddhiDay all
over the world. View
conversation
5h Yoga is quest for Truth, Good, and Beauty
and conquest over Death. Sri Aurobindo synthesizes the sacred and the secular http://savitriera.blogspot.in/2012/09/sri-aurobindo-synthesises-sacred-and.html …
5h Sri Aurobindo gives a collective element to
spiritual quest. (24 November is celebrated as Sri Aurobindo’s Siddhi Day) http://selforum.blogspot.com/2012/11/sri-aurobindo-gives-collective-element.html …
16h The Mother & Sri Aurobindo have
enjoined upon the people of India
& persons of Indian origin to carry their message to all corners of world.
17h The Mother & Sri Aurobindo secured a
synthesis of two world cultures aimed towards a mankind of light and might, of
concord and sublimity.
22 Nov The Mother & Sri Aurobindo infuse a
thought revolution http://savitriera.blogspot.in/2012/11/the-mother-sri-aurobindo-infuse-thought.html … Happy
harmony of Vedic vision and Evolution http://selforum.blogspot.in/2012/11/happy-harmony-of-vedic-vision-and.html …
Thursday, November 22, 2012
The Mother & Sri Aurobindo infuse a thought revolution
Tweets 1h - Savitri Era Party @SavitriEraParty The
Mother & Sri Aurobindo have inaugurated a new epoch to break free from the
shackles of the past and its prohibitions. #SiddhiDay Victory 1h Freedom of thought & intelligence not
only fosters Democracy & Markets but also fights superstition & propels
emancipatory social practices. 1h The Mother & Sri Aurobindo have a vision
for India
that embodies Knowledge, Power, Harmony, and Perfection and is worthy of true
Leadership. 1h Tailor made careers & doctored aptitude
profiles are civilisational hazards the repercussions of which are toxic for
the nation. #SiddhiDay 2h Apart from self-management insights, The
Mother & Sri Aurobindo infuse a thought revolution in consonance with
evolution of consciousness. 2h The Mother & Sri Aurobindo offer the
best opportunity to confront our ignorant views and anomalous theoretical
undergirdings that we harbour. 2h The Mother & Sri Aurobindo unveil an
integral perspective transcending narrow parochial barriers and naive
nationalism. Darshan Day on 24th. 2h Calling upon Engineers to allow The Mother
& Sri Aurobindo to re-engineer their lives' priorities so that their full
potential blossoms. 3h Darshan Day on 24th. May young Indians
mobilise motivation to discover The Mother & Sri Aurobindo for transforming
their lives and the world. 20 Nov Kejriwal's new party too runs the risk
of becoming 'another Hindu Mahasabha or another Congress.' Only Sri Aurobindo
gives a new direction. 20 Nov Kasab brings to mind how the Congress
ignored Sri Aurobindo's fervent appeal for accepting the Cripps' Proposal in
1942 leading to Partition. 20 Nov On November 24, 1926 Sri Aurobindo had
attained Siddhi of realising Overmind truth. Thousands of letters written
thereafter is worth reading. 20 Nov It's Sri Aurobindo who uncovers Indian
wisdom in its purity and heralds it's world-conquering mission as part of
evolution of consciousness. 20 Nov Sir Stafford Cripps immediately replied
by a telegram. Sri Aurobindo also appealed to C. Rajgopalachari to “save India ” http://selforum.blogspot.in/2012/11/sri-aurobindo-also-appealed-to-c.html …
20 Nov Battle the forces of casteism,
illiberalism, and injustice http://selforum.blogspot.in/2012/11/battle-forces-of-casteism-illiberalism.html … Seas
inlaid with eloquent gentle wires http://selforum.blogspot.in/2012/11/seas-inlaid-with-eloquent-gentle-wires.html … 19 Nov International conference Are We
Postsecular? Contesting Religion & Politics in Comparative Contexts 13–14
December 2012 http://selforum.blogspot.in/2012/11/international-conference-on-contesting.html … 19 Nov Lady Shri Ram College for Women & International
Research Network on Religion and Democracy - International conference: ‘Are We
Postsecular?’ 18 Nov Sri Aurobindo is still a marginal figure
in academia http://selforum.blogspot.in/2012/11/sri-aurobindo-is-still-marginal-figure.html … Sri
Aurobindo is neglected as literary critic http://selforum.blogspot.in/2012/11/sri-aurobindo-is-neglected-as-literary.html … 17 Nov McTaggart, Nussbaum, Adorno, Levinas,
Laruelle, Heidegger, Wilber, The Mother and Sri Aurobindo. SELF Help Favourites:
http://auroramirabilis.blogspot.in/2012/11/self-help-favourites.html …
16 Nov - @iac007 @MovementIAC Time to bring Sri
Aurobindo to the front & be guided by his 1947 Five-Dreams broadcast. @sabhlok http://goo.gl/fb/M373I - View
conversation 15 Nov [Sri Aurobindo's work is untouchable in
terms of comprehensiveness. He commands an incredible breadth of knowledge.-BP]
http://selforum.blogspot.in/2012/11/sri-aurobindos-work-is-untouchable-in.html …
Sunday, November 18, 2012
Integral Yoga is no uniform potion
When
it comes to The Mother & Sri Aurobindo and Integral Yoga, one feels
like Condoleezza
Rice remarking “The fact of the matter is I've been black all my life.
Nobody needs to tell me how to be black.[125]”
Like Socrates’ "examined life,” The Mother’s stress on avoiding the misery
of an “aimless life” is perhaps the most basic rule for an aspirant. For a
major stretch in life, however, many mistake earning livelihood for the aim
although the profession provides the opportunity for flowering of talent,
nurturing creativity, and moulding of subjectivity. The resultant
individuality, identity, and social mobility, however, do exert a mesmerizing
effect whereby the chance of coming face to face with choosing an aim or
confronting one’s own real self head on is always deferred. Drawing
satisfaction from some substitute as compensation is, of course, forced by
subsistence compulsions.
Thursday, November 15, 2012
56 years of 1956
The
Mother’s proclamation of the descent of the Supramental in 1956 almost
coincided with the sweeping post-Independence hopes of building a new India . But what
we observe 56 years later is not a very encouraging scene on both the fronts.
Despite the democratic pretensions, politics, media, education, and leisure are
all hostage to a pervasive feudal culture. Instead of the Marxist angst and
alienation, a celebratory engrossing with Heideggerian inauthenticity and
trivia seems to be the order of the day. Commerce, of course, propels
excellence as well as quality of life. Patronage for arts and creativity, too,
are hinged to the invisible hand of market dynamics. Management of human
affairs has climbed such macro levels that ordinary human beings have become
inconsequential.
Labels:
Heidegger,
Marx,
Supramental,
The Mother and Sri Aurobindo
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Dynasty and nasty personality cults
Tweets 30m - Savitri Era Party @SavitriEraParty The
followers of Sri Aurobindo can grow a critical mass to influence the politics
of the country provided they forego intellectual hedonism. 58m Che or Hu, a firm commitment to an ideology
is the key. 1947 Five Dreams Manifesto provides a futuristic road-map for India and the
World. 1h Right moment to get rid of the dynasty and
other nasty personality cults. Neither Anna nor Kejriwal, adopting an honest
ideology is the way. 1h Philosophy of Sri Aurobindo imparts the
right intellectual muscle to judge complex political and economic currents
circulating in the world. 1h Sri Aurobindo's teaching constitutes an
essential feature today for enduring power and nation building. No other
ideological glue is safer. 1h Congress accommodated Leftist scholarship to
look respectable but RSS banished Sri Aurobindo's illuminating vision from its
curriculum.
4h - Savitri Era Party @SavitriEraParty - @alok_bhatt @rsyashasvi In commentaries on
ancient Indian texts, his fidelity is matched by the profundity he furnishes View
conversation 4h Fighting colonialism as well as resisting
revivalism was twin challenges before Sri Aurobindo as a writer a century ago. 4h Neither the Nehruvian nor the Hindutva
worldview can be counted as appropriate for India at the moment. [TNM55] http://savitriera.blogspot.in/2012/11/the-mother-and-sri-aurobindo-stand-for.html …
[8 Nov - Madhu
Kishwar @madhukishwar
Kiran segal dancing to soul uplifting poetic compositions of oriya poet Kuntala
Kumari. Amazing first time composition pic.twitter.com/LyN7iugd
Retweeted by Savitri
Era Party View
photo]
8 Nov - Savitri Era Party @SavitriEraParty
Manushi festival of music & dance: Female gurus http://selforum.blogspot.in/2012/11/female-gurus.html … -
Promote a spirit of genuine intellectual enquiry: http://selforum.blogspot.in/2012/11/promote-spirit-of-genuine-intellectual.html … Women
mystics http://selforum.blogspot.in/2012/11/women-mystics.html … @madhukishwar
7 Nov - Savitri Era Party @SavitriEraParty
@sabhlok Being an ace criminal
lawyer, Jethmalani can't make do without criminals. View
conversation
5 Nov Rely on Sri Aurobindo, and not on
Naipaul, for "rediscovering and questioning every received wisdom"
about Indian history and culture.
4 Nov Sri Aurobindo was a rebel & stayed so
till he breathed his last. Savitri Erans are envoys of Unity, Mutuality &
Harmony http://savitriera.blogspot.in/2007/10/savitri-erans-are-envoys-of-unity.html …
4 Nov A must read RT "@sabhlok: Sri #Aurobindo –
the vocal opponent of #socialism http://goo.gl/fb/M373I "
2 Nov Sri Aurobindo – a serious contender http://savitriera.blogspot.in/2012/11/sri-aurobindo-serious-contender.html … Rediscovery
of Sri Aurobindo http://savitriera.blogspot.in/2012/11/rediscovery-of-sri-aurobindo.html … No
soft path http://savitriera.blogspot.in/2012/10/no-other-soft-option-than-politics.html …
2 Nov @Getafix2012 @sabhlok @an4rky @hguptapolicy @orsoraggiante @acorn @Realist_Indian On Sri
Aurobindo (Manoj Das - P. Raja) http://www.worldofmanojdas.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=218:on-sri-aurobindo&catid=54:interviewcat&Itemid=132 …
[2 Nov - B Shantanu @satyamevajayate
@prasannavishy @doubtinggaurav Pl do
read @sabhlok's recent posts on
Aurobindo, Chanakya etc.. We don't hv to rely/copy western paradigms Retweeted
by Savitri Era Party View
conversation]
[1 NovAshísh Gulhatí @an4rky What I meant by
Auroville bring socialist was that there's ostensibly no property rights within
Auroville. @sabhlok @Getafix2012 Retweeted
by Savitri Era Party View
conversation
[1 Nov pvnatarajan @pvnatarajan Sri Aurobindo -
the vocal opponent of socialism - Sanjeev Sabhlok's revolutionary blog http://sabhlokcity.com/2012/11/sri-aurobindo-the-vocal-opponent-of-socialism/#.UJMZejZrHJg.twitter …
Retweeted by Savitri
Era Party
[1 Nov - Sanjeev Sabhlok @sabhlok @an4rky You are right! This is a
mess: http://www.aurovillefoundation.org.in/organisation/the-secretary … @Getafix2012 Why do Aurobindo's
followers need IAS officers? Retweeted by Savitri Era Party View
conversation
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Defending Sri
[Millenarian Elements in the Hindu Religious Traditions Hugh
B. Urban The
Oxford Handbook of Millennialism In the course of suppressive colonial
rule, militant nationalism emerged in messianic attire. Spiritual nationalist
Sri Aurobindo described it as a religion directly presented by God. The new age
came up with lifestyle gurus such as Osho Rajneesh, who asserted a symbolic end
of time by surrendering typical lifestyle practices. The
Oxford Handbook of Millennialism - Page 375 - Google Books Result - Catherine
Wessinger - 2011 - Although Aurobindo Ghose is today best known as a spiritual teacher and
philosopher, he was also, in his youth, one of the primary leaders of the
revolutionary ...]
Sri Aurobindo’s name underwent many metamorphoses
during his lifetime. From stark anonymity to a slew of pseudonyms and acronyms, his experimentation
ended with his signing as Sri Aurobindo sans any surname or caste identity. His
works, understandably, have been published under that name and, ordinarily, he is referred to as so.
But there are certain types of people who are intolerant of his adding Sri to
his name and are always eager to geld it. The Sri to them is a canopy of
fundamentalism that smacks of unjustified superiority, thus threatening secular
sensibilities.
Labels:
Hinduism,
Sri Aurobindo
Sri Aurobindo refutes Nietzsche
What
strikes me as crucial in this passage is Nietzsche’s remark that we have wiped
away the horizon, that we now move without direction, that we are suspended in
an infinite void and cold, empty space. The death of God therefore seems to
signify a world that has lost its coordinates (what else is a horizon if not a
way of co-ordinating our movement?) and where the ground has disappeared
beneath us. I take it that the term “God” is a generic term for any sort of
transcendental term that would fix meaning and identity. It would be a mistake
to assume that “God” simply refers to the God of organized religion. Rather God
is a generic term referring to anything on the order of a form, essence,
transcendence, identity, substance, permanence, ideal, wholeness, totality and
so on.]
[April 9, 2007 at 7:46 am Coming across in a hymn of Martin
Luther what Hegel described as the cruel words, the harsh utterance, namely,
God is dead, the latter was perhaps the first great philosopher to develop the
theme of God’s death according to whom, to one form of experience God is dead.
Commenting on Kant’s first Critique, Heinrich Heine spoke of a dying God. Heine
influenced Nietzsche. Since Heine and Nietzsche the phrase Death of God became
popular. (K. Satchidananda Murty, The Realm of Between, IIAS, 1973)]
[The Human Aspiration « Sri Aurobindo Studies 30 Aug
2009 – Sri Aurobindo, The Life Divine
The
earliest formula of Wisdom promises to be its last,—God, Light, Freedom,
Immortality. These persistent ideals of the race are at once the contradiction
of its normal experience and the affirmation of higher and deeper experiences
which are abnormal to humanity and only to be attained, in their organised
entirety, by a revolutionary individual effort or an evolutionary general
progression… The greater the apparent disorder…, the stronger is the spur…]
Labels:
Hegel,
Heinrich Heine,
Kant,
Manushi,
Martin Luther,
Nietzsche,
Sri Aurobindo
Monday, November 12, 2012
Unceasing aspiration is the sure means
It’s
not without significance that Sri
Aurobindo Ashram came into being in 1926 in the wake of Swarajya Party in 1923 and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and Communist Party of India in 1925.
Despite all disclaimers, establishment of a commune is a palpable political act
by which the inmates, not only stay insulated against unwanted ideological
propaganda, but also become example of
lived values thereby offering an alternative socio-cultural paradigm. But
as we observe at the end of 2012, none of the aforesaid four streams inspire
confidence so far as the future of humanity is concerned.
Labels:
CPI,
RSS,
Sri Aurobindo Ashram,
The Mother and Sri Aurobindo
Friday, November 02, 2012
Rediscovery of Sri Aurobindo
Had Sri Aurobindo lived, Nehru's
plans of socialism would have been still-born and India might have escaped from its
(ongoing) misery of the past 65 years.]
Tweets
[20h - Sanjeev Sabhlok @sabhlok Sri #Aurobindo –
the vocal opponent of #socialism http://goo.gl/fb/M373I
#badideas #india Retweeted
by Savitri Era Party]
[5h - Sanjeev Sabhlok @sabhlok @SavitriEraParty @hguptapolicy Thanks. Can I
see your party's manifesto on economic policy and governance? Retweeted
by Savitri Era Party View
conversation]
[3h - Jaideep A. Prabhu @orsoraggiante @SavitriEraParty Agreed.
Spontaneous order is a fundamental principle of liberalism. @an4rky @sabhlok @hguptapolicy Retweeted by Savitri Era Party View
conversation]
Tweets
1h - Savitri Era Party @SavitriEraParty
@orsoraggiante @sabhlok @an4rky @Getafix2012 @hguptapolicy It's actually about
allowing local self-Govt. by returning it to original owners. View
conversation
1h @sabhlok @an4rky @Getafix2012 Residents of
Auroville are not strictly Sri Aurobindo's followers; should be allowed to
elect their President. View
conversation
1h @sabhlok @an4rky @Getafix2012 SEP has been long
demanding liberation of Auroville from Govt. of India control. @hguptapolicy @orsoraggiante View
conversation
2h @sabhlok @hguptapolicy A fixed
manifesto is a socialist concept. Members to shape policy with Sri Aurobindo's
1947 Five Dreams as core. View
conversation
5h @an4rky @sabhlok A community of 2K people
should have liberty to experiment and choose their own way of living. @hguptapolicy @orsoraggiante View
conversation
6h @sabhlok SEP
is the only party in India
today with the ideological basis of Liberty
and and its inspiration is Sri Aurobindo. @hguptapolicy View
conversation
8h @sabhlok @an4rky Many thanks for highlighting
what we are harping on for the last five years. Hope fruitful collaboration in
the future. View
conversation
8h - Savitri Era Party @SavitriEraParty http://goo.gl/fb/M373I @hguptapolicy @orsoraggiante @krishnarjun108@SangeetaRG @m_vijayakumar
30 Oct [Unleash entrepreneurial force & apply
“markets where possible, the state where necessary” and stand back & stay
back.] http://marketime.blogspot.in/2012/10/underground-entrepreneurial-energy-is.html …
30 Oct Savitri Era is a pioneering effort in
this direction to precipitate an alternative identity & a participative
religion. http://savitriera.blogspot.in/2012/10/savitri-era-as-alternative-identity-and.html …
29 Oct - Savitri Era Party @SavitriEraParty By
debating the ideas of Sri Aurobindo, and not St. Augustine ,
that one can reach at the right conclusions pertaining to secularism in India
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Twelve years with SELF
After
a year of Pre-University in BJB College, Bhubaneswar, I joined Regional College
of Education (now RIE, Bhubaneswar) run
by NCERT for a Four year Integrated B.Sc.B.Ed course with Botany
honours and Agriculture as vocational education, besides Statistics. It was
really an integral atmosphere with students from all the Eastern States
including undivided Bihar and teachers from
all over the country. The library was
a blessing which exposed me to a wide range of journals catering to diverse
interests.
After
one year as a science teacher in the same school in my village in which I had
my schooling, I joined Punjab National Bank at Sundargarh as Agricultural
clerk. The professional CAIIB exam gave
the opportunity to study alien subjects like Commercial Law, Economic Geography,
and Accountancy etc. apart from Management lessons imparted through in-house
training. After 23 years in various capacities, I opted for VRS in Y2K
and then these 12 years steering the SELF has been life-altering.
Since
my schooling was in the Odia medium, grappling with English remains a stumbling
block to this day. Further, dabbling in philosophy with the kind of educational
background I have, would also seem hilarious. Nevertheless, whatever has been
possible, thanks to Google and The Mother's Grace, is squarely amazing as well
as humbling. [TNM55]
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Savitri Era as alternative identity and religion
[Building New
Solidarities | Economic and
Political Weekly Editorials. Vol
- XLVII No. 44, November 03, 2012. Public
religious festivals are a ready resource for reactionary politics. Can they be
secularised?
Perhaps
precisely because of this, it is necessary to develop a critique – both
intellectual as well as political/practical – of the public religious festival.
Some earlier attempts, like those of Tagore in Bengal ,
Gora in Andhra Pradesh and Periyar in Tamil Nadu, to critique them and move
away to other, non-religious public festivities, have been unsuccessful,
despite their initial promise…
Is
it possible for radical and progressive forces to find forms of public
festivities which can rival the public religious festival? Is it possible to
build a popular culture which does not rely on religion and communal
identities? We will not know the answer till the battle is truly joined.]
[VAAD-PRATIVAAD:
SECULARISM IS IMPORTANT TO A MODERN INDIA III CRI (Round I here and Round II here). FOR THE MOTION: Harsh Gupta
Not
a nation where one cannot badmouth the Bhagwad Gita or disparagingly paint
Goddess Sita. India does
not need a proactive Hindu vanguard in the Abrahamic mould because this will
end up making India more
divided and Hinduism less universal. Instead we need to take identity
completely out of our policies, our schools, our jobs, our tax code, our
personal code – and this must include caste identity politics also over time. 2:31 PM]
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The Mother and Sri Aurobindo
Monday, October 29, 2012
Invigorating writings of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo
Tweets 11m - Savitri Era Party @SavitriEraParty
By debating the ideas of Sri Aurobindo, and not St. Augustine, that one can
reach at the right conclusions pertaining to secularism
in India. http://centreright.in/2012/10/vaad-prativaad-secularism-is-important-to-a-modern-india-iii/
23h - [Amazon.com: Savitri with
Accents: (Kindle Edition - Oct 25, 2012)] http://www.amazon.com/s/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=213733&creative=393193&linkCode=shr&tag=savera-20&rl=search-alias%3Ddigital-text&field-keywords=Savitri+with+Accents … via @amazon - View
media
24h [Amazon: Sonnet-like Passages in Savitri by
RY Deshpande 318 pages $9.99 Publication Date: October 18, 2012] http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009W93YVM?ie=UTF8&camp=213733&creative=393177&creativeASIN=B009W93YVM&linkCode=shr&tag=savera-20 … via @amazon - View
summary
28 Oct Quit tweeting and spend the time to
study the invigorating writings of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo. That's the
best path for nation building.
28 Oct No firm supporter of The Mother & Sri
Aurobindo now in the national scene. All the more reason for clinging to the
Manifesto of Five Dreams.
27 Oct [The Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust waiting
for a better system of self-governance!] http://www.thelivesofsriaurobindo.com/2012/10/ashram-trustees-rush-to-chennai-high.html …
27 Oct Huge gap between level of the students
and what The Mother & Sri Aurobindo convey. Multilateral conversation
needed. https://plus.google.com/u/0/108736999389484710538/posts/3kJVmN6jf7g …
26 Oct [The image of the chariot becomes
therefore a near perfect image of the human being. -Dr. Alok Pandey] http://nextfuture.aurosociety.org/chariot-of-the-gods?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chariot-of-the-gods …
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