Essays, Commentaries, Jottings, Photography, Videos – In the Light of Sri Aurobindo
Authors: Suhas Mehra and Beloo Mehra. Published in the August 2016 issue of Sraddha, Vol. 8 (1), pp. 106-120. CONTINUED FROM PART 3 Implications of the Discovery that Employees Come First The physical parameters (including the company’s financials) are just the shell which provide an external view of the reality. What constitutes as the real body... Continue Reading →
Authors: Suhas Mehra and Beloo Mehra. Published in the August 2016 issue of Sraddha, Vol. 8 (1), pp. 106-120. CONTINUED FROM PART 2 The Beginnings The internal dynamics between an organisation and its members play a very critical role in an organisation’s success, and this is particularly true for the new organisations trying to formulate themselves around what... Continue Reading →
Authors: Suhas Mehra and Beloo Mehra. Published in the August 2016 issue of Sraddha, Vol. 8 (1), pp. 106-120. CONTINUED FROM PART 1 Machine versus Living Being The organisational arrangement of a collective or a group may find itself somewhere on a spectrum which has on its one end the view of fully structured and mechanised “machine”... Continue Reading →
Regular visitors to Matriwords are familiar with our ongoing research and study that explores Sri Aurobindo's social philosophy to understand the deeper psychological foundations of some of the emerging theories and practices in the field of Business Management Studies. The three academic essays written as a result of this study, under the title "The Organisational Cycle" have been published over... Continue Reading →
CONTINUED FROM PART 1 REGULATED ACTION AND FOURFOLD ORDER OF SOCIETY Man is a fourfold being. In him operates the fourfold force of the soul. He is a worker and a skilled craftsman; he is engaged in commerce; he is a warrior and a conqueror; he is also a seeker of knowledge and a savant.... Continue Reading →
Given that money is in the news these days, especially in India, a lot is being said and written about money and economic development these days. We also published two short columns on our blogs (see here and here). We think that it is also an appropriate time to take a closer and deeper look at the Indian... Continue Reading →
My fellow Indians, Unless you are living on another planet you have all probably heard, read, watched most of the news and analyses there is about the recent bold step introduced by the Government of India led by Prime Minister Modi. Yes, I am speaking of the demonetisation of the large currency notes (of the... Continue Reading →
One big news coming from the Indian sub-continent these days is the ongoing tension between India and Pakistan. India since her independence from the British has faced many decades of aggression and war from neighbouring Pakistan -- a nation-state born as a result of the falsehood of partition in 1947, based on the falsehood that people of... Continue Reading →
"I am open to spirituality, but I don't think I can surrender myself or commit to any one particular path or guru or approach or teaching...that's just not me." "I think I am more of a universalist in my spiritual approach, I prefer being open and wide. No narrow religious type commitment for me." "I feel... Continue Reading →
August 15 is Sri Aurobindo's birthday. In honour of this special day, we bring for our readers an article written by Mr. Arup Basu, editor of Sraddha, a quarterly journal published by Sri Aurobindo Centre for Research in Social Sciences, Kolkata. This article briefly lists a few key aspects of Sri Aurobindo's momentous contribution to India's freedom movement. It was first... Continue Reading →
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