Essays, Commentaries, Jottings, Photography, Videos – In the Light of Sri Aurobindo
In just a few days, the first e-book of Matriwords, "The Thinking Indian: Essays on Indian Socio-Cultural Matters in the Light of Sri Aurobindo" will be released. Matriwords is not a commercial venture, all our works are driven by one simple goal - to study, research and share the pearls of wisdom found in the social-cultural-educational-political thought... Continue Reading →
In the last few months much has been reported, misreported, misinterpreted, re-interpreted, challenged and counter-challenged about the whole religious conversion issue in India. There are sections of Indian intelligentsia and media who claim they are profoundly disturbed by some of the incidents of 'ghar-wapsi' (homecoming/re-conversion) that have been conducted by a few Hindu religious-political organisations in... Continue Reading →
This is the third and last part of our series, with this we conclude the first chapter of the book we started in part 2. Please read: Part 1 Part 2 HISTORY AND CULTURE OF INDIA: A NEW APPROACH Prof. Kittu Reddy CHAPTER I: THE STUDY OF HISTORY... Continue Reading →
We continue with our preview of the book on Indian History by Prof. Kittu Reddy Please read Part 1.... HISTORY AND CULTURE OF INDIA: A NEW APPROACH Prof. Kittu Reddy CHAPTER I: THE STUDY OF HISTORY This chapter introduces to the reader some basic and important ideas related to the study of history. Let us begin by briefly... Continue Reading →
During the last year and a half, I had the privilege and good fortune to spend some time re-reading and editing some parts of a book that was first published in 2003. It is a book on Indian History, written by one of my esteemed teachers, Prof. Kittu Reddy. My husband and I have been studying Sri Aurobindo's... Continue Reading →
"Work alone is not the object; work is a means of sadhana." Sri Aurobindo, CWSA, Vol 29, p. 231 "Yes, obviously, that is one great utility of work that it tests the nature and puts the sadhak in front of the defects of his outer being which might otherwise escape him." ibid., p. 241 For... Continue Reading →
Author: Mangesh Nadkarni Published in India’s Spiritual Destiny: Its Inevitability and Potentiality, 2006. Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Society. Chapter 2, pp. 24-44. Click here for Part 1. Click here for Part 2. Part 3 (Conclusion) Spirituality is indeed the master-key of the Indian mind. But it is a mistake to think spirituality is only about the supra-sensible,... Continue Reading →
Author: Mangesh Nadkarni Published in India’s Spiritual Destiny: Its Inevitability and Potentiality, 2006. Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Society. Chapter 2, pp. 24-44. Click here to go to Part 1. Part 2 There are many different kinds of negations of the Indian civilisation of which we will look briefly at some of the most important below: 1. The... Continue Reading →
Author: Mangesh Nadkarni Published in India’s Spiritual Destiny: Its Inevitability and Potentiality, 2006. Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Society. Chapter 2, pp. 24-44. This important essay will be presented in three parts. We start with Part 1 today. Parts 2 and 3 will be posted in the next two days. Part 1 When the Soviet Union disintegrated some... Continue Reading →
Author: Beloo Mehra (April 2015). Published in New Race: A Journal of Integral and Future Studies, Volume I (1), pp. 54-59. First, a disclaimer. This is not a book review in the actual sense. It is rather a close look at a book, a very special book in the annals of Indian literature in... Continue Reading →
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