Is There Something Like Indian-ness?
As part of the recent seminar on ‘Indian-ness in the 21st Century’, M. S. Srinivasan submitted a thought-provoking article which is featured here.
As part of the recent seminar on ‘Indian-ness in the 21st Century’, M. S. Srinivasan submitted a thought-provoking article which is featured here.
Read here about the seer-vision and the divine force with which Sri Aurobindo, the Rishi of our times, has shown the path for the future march of India and the world.
In these passages the Mother points to some fundamentals of education which is forward-looking and essential for building a new India.
When rethinking education for India of tomorrow, it is critical to know the fundamentals which formed the basis of our educational heritage.
Given the great value our ancients placed on brahmacharya as a system of human energy management, it is no wonder that we find a long history of physical education in ancient India, far more ancient than Greece.
Rethinking our education in the light of the essential principles of education emphasised in Indian culture will bring greater harmony in the Indian mind.
Written by Vijay Poddar as his second quarterly test answer in the 1st year of Higher Course at SAICE, this was published in Mother India, 15 August 1962.
The author elucidates how the three epithets – “a prophet of nationalism, a poet of patriotism and a lover of humanity” fit Sri Aurobindo’s personality.
Why did Sri Aurobindo with his cosmic vision of human history write at length about Indian culture highlighting the values that are indispensable to the conception of a perfect human culture? Read on.
The author mentions a few attempts at cultural rejuvenation of India which seem to lack the very central springs of Indian culture.