Essays, Commentaries, Jottings, Photography, Videos – In the Light of Sri Aurobindo
Author: Beloo Mehra (2020). Published under the title ‘When Young India Awakes’ in Sri Aurobindo’s Action, Vol. 51 (6), July 2020, pp. 8-10 CONTINUED FROM Part 16 When Young India Awakes CHAPTER XVI After a quick bath in his room at the guest house, Yuvaan went out to take in all the grandeur of the vast Somnāth... Continue Reading →
Author: Beloo Mehra (2020). Published under the title ‘When Young India Awakes’ in Sri Aurobindo’s Action, Vol. 51 (6), June 2020, pp. 8-10 CONTINUED FROM Part 15 When Young India Awakes CHAPTER XV Yuvaan was fascinated to learn of some historical details about the temple reconstruction in free India. It was only after the accession... Continue Reading →
(Recitation: Beloo Mehra, Video compilation: Suhas Mehra) As a result of his thorough European education, first in Darjeeling and then in England since the age of seven, Sri Aurobindo grew up fluent in English and unable to speak his mother tongue. During his last two years in England, while studying at Cambridge he began to... Continue Reading →
Author: Beloo Mehra (2020). Published under the title ‘When Young India Awakes’ in Sri Aurobindo’s Action, Vol. 51 (5), May 2020, pp. 8-10 CONTINUED FROM Part 14 When Young India Awakes CHAPTER XIV Yuvaan was now really looking forward to being at the Somnāth temple at Prabhas Patan. He had just received a little lesson... Continue Reading →
Author: Beloo Mehra (2020). Published under the title ‘When Young India Awakes’ in Sri Aurobindo’s Action, Vol. 51 (4), April 2020, pp. 8-10 CONTINUED FROM Part 13c When Young India Awakes CHAPTER XIII As the car sped on the road to Somnath, Yuvaan relaxed on the back seat and felt a great sense of gratitude... Continue Reading →
Author: Beloo Mehra (2020). Published under the title ‘When Young India Awakes’ in Sri Aurobindo’s Action, Vol. 51 (2 & 3), February-March 2020, pp. 16-21 CONTINUED FROM Part 13b (The February-March 2020 issue was a double issue, so Yuvaan’s story also ran longer than earlier issues. The whole story published in Feb-March 2020 issue is... Continue Reading →
Author: Beloo Mehra (2020). Published under the title ‘When Young India Awakes’ in Sri Aurobindo’s Action, Vol. 51 (2 & 3), February-March 2020, pp. 16-21 CONTINUED FROM Part 13a (The February-March 2020 issue was a double issue, so Yuvaan’s story also ran longer than earlier issues. The whole story published in Feb-March 2020 issue is... Continue Reading →
Author: Beloo Mehra (2020). Published under the title ‘When Young India Awakes’ in Sri Aurobindo’s Action, Vol. 51 (2 & 3), February-March 2020, pp. 16-21 CONTINUED FROM Part 12 (The February-March 2020 issue was a double issue, so Yuvaan's story also ran longer than earlier issues. The whole story published in Feb-March 2020 issue is... Continue Reading →
On the auspicious occasion of Ramnavami... With increasing rationalism in the humanity we not only witness greater disillusionment and confusion as to what is Good, Right, and Dharmic, but also about what is Evil, False and Adharmic. On one extreme we see a postmodernistic moral-ethical relativism which eventually leads one down the path of nihilism where nothing really matters... Continue Reading →
Author: Beloo Mehra (2020). Published under the title ‘When Young India Awakes’ in Sri Aurobindo’s Action, Vol. 51 (1), January 2020, pp. 8-10 CONTINUED FROM Part 11 When Young India Awakes CHAPTER XI - continued For a few minutes, Yuvaan just stood there. In awe. He was completely rested and feeling fresh after the nice... Continue Reading →
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