Saturday, August 01, 2026

Pearls in sleeping breast

 Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra

An oceanic flood of dreams poured

An oceanic flood of dreams poured An oceanic flood of dreams poured Pearls in sleeping breast of the night; Miracles began to shapen In darkness too forms of sunlight. As…

Sanskrit and English for Future Poetry

Sanskrit and English for Future Poetry Is it a good idea at all to compare the merits of English and Sanskrit as languages for the future poetry envisaged by Sri…

Madeleine: A metaphor for returning to oneself

Madeleine: A metaphor for returning to oneself In the green valley the wind was soft and blue And it carried its joy to the waiting chance; Then Tesia flew down…

A Critical Appraisal by Daiva Tamošaitytė

A Critical Appraisal by Daiva Tamošaitytė Critical Appraisal of RY Deshpande’s Sanskrit-English for Future Poetry Dear Deshpande,           I am delighted by our renewed collaboration, correspondence, and exchange of ideas, just…

Her body robed in funeral flame

Her body robed in funeral flame The Ordeal of Foreknowledge and Heart’s Grief We are looking into first Canto of The Book of Yoga, Savitri Book Seven: Although with a…

A momentous triumph

A momentous triumph That greatness jumped down from the sky, In haste of destiny’s morrow; Crimson seeds of rich joy it sowed, Truth-Ideas in the furrow. A triumphant exquisiteness, —…

There is a pot of blazing gold

There is a pot of blazing gold Beneath the mystical stratums There is a pot of latest gold; Zealous with morrow’s ideas Wealthy with surprises untold. Future’s astonishments holds it,…

The Spirit’s Mall

The Spirit’s Mall Once a while I go to the mall Where great excellences me greet; For a gold coin I get a pot, Of honey with brown bread to…

Two Fables

Two Fables 1 Voice of the thrilled ether proclaimed: “I am going to plunge in you.” “Please,” replied the enthused mountain, “I’ll give you what you never knew.” “I am…

Apropos of “You cannot plan the wine”

Apropos of “You cannot plan the wine” RYD Can one plan poetry? Maybe fables but poetry… AI Colleague That is perhaps the oldest and most beautiful debate in literature. It…

A welcome to deathlessness

A welcome to deathlessness Sure, one of these days I will die, But that won’t be for the first time; Again and again it happens When the form has outlived…

Apropos of the Mother’s Japa and What-Thou-Willest

Apropos of the Mother’s Japa and What-Thou-Willest In the early 1960s the Mother was pretty actively, in fact very imperatively, engaged in the Japa to awaken the slumbering cells of…

“Winds come to me from Fields of Sleep”

“Winds come to me from Fields of Sleep“ I wait for wings to come from the zoom sky, And the surprise, — hurry down Real-Ideas; My poems are eager for…

Auroville is the Dream of the Lord

Auroville is a Dream of the Lord This is an edited dialogue with AI at https://incarnateword.in/deep-research/ Part A Me The Mother calls Auroville as a dream of the Lord. Please…

L’Ode à l’Aurore Dorée — Ode to the golden Dawn

L’Ode à l’Aurore Dorée — Ode to the golden Dawn Prompted by long yesterday’s toil I passed by the ancient arches; Up the lanes with clatter of hooves My carriage…


Home and the World: Women for and Against Fascism

S Choudhury - Women's Studies, 2026
… By the end of the 1920s, both the philosophy and organizational structure of
Hindutva was fully developed (15). While the nineteenth-century Hindu revivalists
can be figured in the broad category of anti-colonial resistance, Hindutva

17. Decolonizing the figure of the “migrant”: non-binary categorizations and intra-Asian mobilities

L Kathiravelu
… For Muslim migrants from India, who form a large proportion of migrants to the Gulf,
this was doubly significant given the rise of anti-Islamic Hindutva nationalism. It is
also important to note the gendered element of safety that Sajida mentions, and that …

Communities of Sound: Religion, Displacement, and Caste in the Bay of Bengal

CE Lorea - 2026

[PDF] “The Trial Process becomes very Alien”: Lawyers' Imagination of the Legal Process in Contemporary Delhi

F Yesmin, L Rangarajan, M Suresh - Asian Journal of Law and Society, 2026
How do lawyers understand legality in contemporary India? We examine the
experiences of lawyers in Delhi, who defend people accused under the Unlawful
Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) …

[PDF] “It's Not Love, It's Deception”: Law, Bureaucracy, and the Production of an Endangered Hindu Ordinary

R Govindrajan - Asian Journal of Law and Society, 2026
This article explores how low-level bureaucrats in the Himalayan state of
Uttarakhand both construct and feel for “endangered” Hindu subjects in ways that
profoundly shape their legal practice. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork from rural …

[PDF] A Sikh Advaita Vedānta

J Singh - Modern Asian Studies, 2026
This article examines the Sūraj Prakāś (1843), a devotional historical narrative on
the Sikh Gurus by Santokh Singh, to argue that the text mobilizes an Advaitic lexicon
within a distinctively Sikh framework of Guru-centred devotion. Drawing on the …

[HTML] The History of an Ideal

L Cabrera
… In India, for example, the governing ideology of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
is informed by Hindu nationalist thought, or “Hindutva.” … These Dalit activists have
been portrayed in particular by Hindutva-oriented authors and BJP officials as …

[PDF] The Dream of Viksit Bharat Mission, 2047: Key Contributions of Sangh Parivar (RSS Family)

R Sharma - 2026
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is a volunteer organization which is
commonly known as Sangh Parivar, founded by Dr. Keshav Baliram Hedgewar in
1925, with the aim of nation building based on promoting Hindutva ideology, Indian …

Veer Savarkar: A Revolutionary Vision for Social Change and Independence

NK Rao
… While there is no cause for concern if Hindus marry amongst themselves without
any caste considerations no one should cross the ambit of Hindutva and marry
Muslims, Christians and the like. So long as the Muslim desires to remain a Muslim …

[PDF] Phule's ecology: Cultivating anti-caste natures

T Crowley - Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space, 2026
This article synthesizes anti-caste critiques of hierarchical natures, drawing on
lineages of thought that emerged in nineteenth-century India in the doubly-colonial
context of British imperialism and Brahmanism. It focuses on the figure of Jotirao …

Screening Precarity

A Arora, M Anwer
… a critique of neoliberal Hindutva within their narratives in a subtle and obscure
fashion. This is why, even though we highlight how these films proactively promote
precarity, and sometimes practice self-censorship to navigate the dictates of …

[PDF] From Mangoes to Missile Strikes: Cinema and the Political Aesthetics of Modi's India

R Sharma - Public Humanities, 2026
… In a paradigmatic sense, Hindutva emphasizes a Hindu cultural dominance that
often … are being quietly retooled to speak in the idiom of Hindutva. All three actors
are associated with a … being the colour that has come to embody Hindutva

Bollywood's Bad Guys: Deconstructing the Representation of Criminality and Justice in Popular Indian Cinema

JT Okpa, DC Enamhe, JO Otiwa, RA Utsubasha… - Journal of African Films & …, 2026
This study analyses the evolving portrayal of criminality and justice in popular Indian
cinema. It looks at how the cinematic villain has transformed from a simple archetype
to a more complex character that reflects and shapes societal attitudes toward law …

Tuesday, July 28, 2026

The Veda elevates human consciousness

 Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra

Sri Aurobindo Ashram is a 1972 film by Phani Majumdar. This 17 minute documentary contains historic footage of the Mother, Nolini Kanta Gupta, Sudhir Sarkar ...
5 days ago — Explore the Sri Aurobindo Chair, a flagship academic initiative by Vedere University dedicated to research in human consciousness, integral development, ...
3 days ago — Aurobindo's political period runs roughly from 1893 to 1910, and its argument is a direct attack on Moderate method. His early New Lamps for Old articles (1893– ...
How did the Sri Aurobindo Ashram come into existence? In this 5½-minute video, Sri Aurobindo's own message explains the origin and growth of the Ashram.
Sri Aurobindo Das. . Sri Aurobindo was born in Calcutta on 15 August 1872. At the age of seven he was taken to England for his education.
6 hours ago — 'Sri Aurobindo does not belong to the past nor to history. Sri Aurobindo is the Future advancing towards its realisation. Thus we must shelter the eternal ...
13 hours ago — There, as if ordained by some unknown force, I met my younger sister's friend, Sunanda in the Sri Aurobindo Ashram. she asked me to have blessings of Panditji.
इससे तुम्हें रोग के आक्रमणों का प्रतिरोध करने का बल मिलेगा । #SriAurobindo #TheMother #Shaktipeeth #SriArvindVishwaNilayam #SriAurobindoSociety #Indore #SriAurobindoAshram ...
Soma is one of the earliest experiences in Yoga When I started doing dhyana more than 40 years ago my first shift in perception happened within a few weeks
Sri Aurobindo was d only writer in English, who could weave d expository n aphoristic , tika and sutra, with absolute mastery. Others excelled in any one of ...
A talk given by Dr. Beloo Mehra at a National Conference organised as part of the celebrations of 150th anniversary of Sri Aurobindo.
There lived out in their self-born atmosphere, They resumed their topless pitch and native power; Their fortifying stress upon the soul Bit deep into the ...
GITANJALI J ANGMO Parliamentary democracy 'not India's' (via Sri Aurobindo) Remove 'secular' from the Constitution Ancient rishis knew the speed of light ...
Anything pretty, pleasant and melodious with a beautiful idea in it would serve our turn..." Sri Aurobindo. Sri Aurobindo profile. Sri Aurobindo. integralyog. 0.
The consequences of Sri Aurobindo's birth will be felt throughout the entire existence of the Earth. And so I called it “eternal”, a little poetically. Mentally ...
Sri Aurobindo has said that Shakespeare's greatest poetry is often bare, intimate to the thing itself. Such lines can't be imitated.
Today's Offering at The Sacred Shrine - Sri Aurobindo Bhavan, SAS - Guwahati Branch - Tuesday 28th July 2026. May all have a Blessed and Blissful Day ahead.
13 hours ago — Deb Dutta is a Political Science graduate from the Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education. Currently he is an intern at the National Institute of ...
MANGESH NADKARNI Savitri is perhaps the best known and least understood work of Sri Aurobindo. Its fascination lies partly in the insurmountable challenge it ...
... Sri Aurobindo); Modi won 'like a presidential candidate' Remove 'secular' from the Constitution Ancient rishis knew the speed of light (shloka) Baudhayana ...
15 hours ago — By 1912, two years before she first met Sri Aurobindo, the Mother had already formulated what she describes as the entire programme of the work. She refers to a ...
Sri Aurobindo said, "When it is said that India shall rise, it is the Sanatana Dharma that shall rise. India is rising for the sake of the Sanatana Dharma ...
6 hours ago — Social entrepreneur and educator Gitanjali Angmo, co-founder of the Himalayan Institute of Alternatives, Ladakh (HIAL), and wife of educationist and climate 
A social media post by Gitanjali Angmo, wife of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, has triggered a political row over Sanatana Dharma.
Angmo—social entrepreneur, co-founder of the Himalayan Institute of Alternatives, Ladakh (HIAL), and wife of Sonam Wangchuk—from a programme on Subramanian ...
5 hours ago — Gitanjali Angmo, co-founder of HIAL and wife of activist Sonam Wangchuk, is in the spotlight after her X (formerly Twitter) posts linked Sanatan Dharma to ...
Pratik Sinha of Altnews has compiled multiple clips from a programme on Subramanian Swamy's YouTube channel featuring Gitanjali Angmo — co-founder of the...
Angmo—social entrepreneur, co-founder of the Himalayan Institute of Alternatives, Ladakh (HIAL), and wife of Sonam Wangchuk—from a programme on Subramanian ...
वांगचुक और उनकी पत्नी अब खुलकर हिंदू हिंदू राष्ट्र बनाने की लड़ाई में कूद पड़े हैं। वो सेकुलर शब्द से ही नफ़रत करते हैं।उन्हें मौजूदा बहुदलीय व्यवस्था भी...
A social media post by Gitanjali Angmo, wife of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, has triggered a political row over Sanatana Dharma. As criticism mounted, ...
Sri Aurobindo said, "When it is said that India shall rise, it is the Sanatana Dharma that shall rise. India is rising for the sake of the Sanatana Dharma ...

[PDF] Italian Renaissance Over Indian National Movement: A Comparative Study

J Barman, VK Singh
The comparative study explored that the structural, ideological and transformative
links between the Italian Renaissance/Risorgimento and the Indian National
Movement. It highlights how Indian nationalists, notably activists and intellectuals …

Bankim Chandra, Bharatmata, and Bhawani Mandir: The Ascetic Hero in Anandamath

KKR Areevidu - Journal of Hindu Studies, 2026
… This formulation of ascetic nationalism establishes a cultural and ideological
template that later informs Aurobindo Ghose’s spiritualised … In Essays on the Gita,
Aurobindo presents Kṛṣṇa not as a historical personality but as the ‘Eternal …

[PDF] Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay's Critique and Appreciation of Sāṃkhya Philosophy

P Bhattacharjee - 2026
… Later thinkers such as Swami Vivekananda and Sri Aurobindo further
reinterpreted Sāṃkhya ideas within modern spiritual and … However, Sri Aurobindo
held that they are actually two different expressions of a single Supreme Reality …

[PDF] Academic Excellence through Holistic Growth: Integrating Physical, Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Development in Education

AK Upadhyay, PK Srivastava, P Kumar
… Overview: Based on Sri Aurobindo and The Mother’s vision of integral education.
Holistic Features: … Global case studies—from Finland to Sri Aurobindo’s vision—prove
that when education systems prioritize holistic growth, they do not compromise …

[PDF] Spiritual Quest Culminates into a Transcendental Experience in Anita Desai's Novel Journey to Ithaca

BB Dash¹, S Sethy
… Anita Desai’s Journey to Ithaca focuses on her personal experiences through the
Mother with whom she came in contact in Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, India. To
her spiritualism is relevance to‘divine power’ ‘spirit’, and ‘wisdom’. It is different from ‘physical’ …

[PDF] Ṛta, Satya, and Saṃjñāna: The Social Vision of the Spiritual Sūktas in the Vedas

SR Rath - 2026
Aurobindo observes that the Vedic vision is fundamentally transformative in nature,
as it seeks not merely to regulate external behaviour but to elevate human
consciousness to a higher plane of awareness wherein the individual perceives the …

Relevance of vivekananda's Educational Philosophy in Addressing Contemporary Educational Challenges in India

SP Ghosh - 2026
The present study explores the relevance of the educational philosophy of Swami
Vivekananda in addressing the contemporary challenges of the Indian education
system. In recent years, Indian education has faced multiple issues such as rote …

[PDF] HUMANIZING THE CLASSROOM: ARTISTIC PEDAGOGY AND EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING FOR THE 21 ST CENTURY

R Das - The Art of Education: Pedagogical Aesthetics in the …
Through expression, creativity, and practical investigation, artistic and experiential
pedagogies encourage students to go beyond passive listening and genuinely
experience knowledge. This chapter explores how experience-based and arts-integrated …

The eThics of Yoga and The spiriT of godmen

JS Alter
… Before migrating to the United States, he was closely affiliated with Sri Aurobindo,
one of the most well-known teachers of modern yoga. After developing his own
brand of spirituality in New York in the late 1960s and the 1970s, Sri Chinmoy …

Prefigurative postcapitalist cities

O Mould - Postcapitalist cities, 2026
… If Auroville can be thought of as an anarchist flavour of postcapitalism, then
Marinaleda in Spain is very much of the communist variety. Born out of abject rural
poverty, this Andalusian village was led vociferously by a communist mayor named …