Working Mums: A Letter to All Concerned
The author speaks of the need for a sincere introspection and a conscious preparation when balancing the demands of parenting and career.
“I have a working mother, Sir”: A Daughter Remembers
Many readers who grew up with mothers who worked outside the home while also fully engaged in parenting will connect with this author’s experience.
Powada, a Story-telling Performance Art (Video)
Vinata Joshi speaks to us about Powada, a popular performance art from Maharashtra, involving story-telling, poetry, music and theatre arts.
Of Moral Violence and Gandhian Ahimsa
In addition to the article by M. P. Pandit we also include some remarks made by Sri Aurobindo in 1923 regarding the Gandhian method of Satyagraha of Ahimsa.
Mankind’s Illusions about “The Passing of War”
Featured here are excerpts from Sri Aurobindo’s insightful essay titled ‘The Passing of War?’ which was written in the early months of World War I.
Indians in Adversity: The Hidden Strength Within
A senior member of Sri Aurobindo Ashram recounts the time when he was trapped for thirty hours under a leaking hangar at Mumbai airport in July 2005.
On Vegetarianism, Compassion and Equality
A conversation of Sri Aurobindo with a few disciples on cultivating an attitude of equality toward food in spiritual life.
The Religion of Humanity and Democratic Trinity – Part I
In these passages from ‘The Human Cycle’, we read Sri Aurobindo’s description of the gains made by an intellectual religion of humanity.
The Religion of Humanity and Democratic Trinity – Part II
Sri Aurobindo describes the inadequacy of an intellectual religion of humanity in bringing forth a true democracy based on liberty, equality and fraternity.
The Mother on Gender Equality
The Mother traces the differentiation between masculine and feminine genders to the way the primordial cause of creation of the universe has been explained in many ancient traditions. She adds that both men and women are in several ways enslaved to each other. And to deal with the problem of superiority and inferiority, one must must free oneself from all the inner enslavement and treat both the genders with perfect equality.
