Friday, August 25, 2023

Reducing God to a kind of superman

 Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra (b. 1956), Director, Savitri Era Learning Forum (2005), Founder, Savitri Era Religion (2006), and President, Savitri Era Party (2007). Savitri Era of those who adore, Om Sri Aurobindo & The Mother.

21 hours ago — There are many similarities between two extraordinary historical figures of India's Independence movement: the great yogi and philosopher Sri Aurobindo ...
23 hours ago — Sri Aurobindo Society (SAS) & Pondicherry Univ. propose MoU for collaboration in internships, workshops, seminars & sports events.
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12 minutes ago — Auroville Literature Festival (ALF) unveils its debut edition today on 25th of August until the 27th of August, scheduled at the International Zone in the.

[PDF] From Mother India to Mother Ireland: Objectifying the Worshipped through Nationalist Rhetoric in Satyajit Ray's Ghare Baire and Neil Jordan's Michael Collins

S Neogi
… While critiquing Nation as a Goddess Joyjit Ghose (nd) quotes Tanika Sarkar who
suggests that the notion of goddess is predominantly publicized through the medium
of modern prose and refers to Sri Aurobindo’s concept of Bhawani, “She is Durga …

[PDF] Political and social empowerment of tribal woman in India: A study of Draupadi Murmu's journey from a tribal woman to becoming the President of India

R Chandel
It has always been a serious issue to empower the tribal women of the schedule.
Over the last three decades, there has been a continuous rise in awareness of the
need to empower women through greater social, economic, and political fairness …

[PDF] 27 th May 2022 Reviewing the Caste based Identity in Reference to The Situation of Women in Late 19th and Early 20th Century Colonial India: Matampu …

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We consider our country India as our Motherland. India is our Bharatmata or Mother
India. Our love for Mother is reflected in Bankimchandra Chattyopadhyay's notion of
India as Motherland in his hymn Bande mataram written in 1875 where he states:“I …

[PDF] Thematical and psychological aspects of the boons in the light of the Mahābhārata

P Goswami, S Bhattacharjya - 2023
In the Mahābhārata boons are used in the development of the new story. These
boons are taken as motives around which the whole story is revolved. These boons
are the reflections of the positive happenings inside the mind of the boon giver …

Local Selfhood, Global Turns: Akshay Kumar Dutta and Bengali Intellectual History in the Nineteenth Century

S Chakrabarti - 2023
The book examines the works of Akshay Kumar Dutta (1820–1886), who can be
seen as ideologically inhabiting the cusp between religion and rationalism–the two
most crucial avenues of debate and discussion in the public sphere in nineteenth-century …

[HTML] Hindu Nationalism, Gurus and Media

J Copeman, K Duggal, A Longkumer - Religions, 2023
This commentary offers a reflection on the triangular interactive relationship between
Hindutva, gurus and media. It suggests that Hindu nationalists understand gurus to
be a specific form of valued Hindu cultural good, which helps to explain mediatised …

Reflections on Divinity: A Tantalising Pursuit of the Divine Enigma

H Dierickx - 2023
This book is an original, non-denominational approach to the concept of divinity. The
basic underlying philosophy is that, since the existence of God cannot be proven,
one can only hypothesize about his/her/its existence. Mystics claim to know God …

Makers of Modern India Rabinder Nath Tagore: Great Philosophers and Religious Reformer

J Chander, M Kumar - 2023
The book explores into the life and contributions of the legendary poet, philosopher,
and Nobel laureate. It offers a comprehensive biography, exploring his multifaceted
persona. The book delves into his involvement in politics and nationalism, shedding …

Hinduism and Phenomenology

O Louchakova-Schwartz - Theological Fringes of Phenomenology
The radical difference between Hinduism and phenomenology lies in how they
place the notion of the real, which, especially in Vedanta, is compassed toward the
self rather than the objects of its knowledge. For perennialists, such as Aldous …

[HTML] 10 Easy Cognitive Techniques to Boost Your Memory

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… Memory, often perceived as merely a repository of our past, is, in fact, an integral
part of our present and future. It's the cornerstone of our identity, shaping our
perception of the … Regular yoga can enhance memory and attention span …

[PDF] The Panoramic Approach to Health: Learnings from Ancient Indian Knowledge

R Dutta, M Kalita, K Dutta, H Bhuyan
This study article explores the profound importance of Ayurveda, Sushruta Samhita,
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holistic approach to health and well-being. The study draws on these ancient Indian …

[HTML] LITERATURE-Samuel Beckett

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Samuel Beckett is perhaps the greatest playwright of the 20th century, and the
author of the masterpiece, Waiting for Godot. It’s hard to understand the modern
world without his perspective. If you like our films, take a look at our shop (we ship …

Aporia, interregnum, & pedagogy: Education in a time of crisis

S Ellison, S Iqtadar - Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies, 2023
The present study details the theoretical and pedagogical development of an
experimental cultural studies in education seminar. Specifically, we explore the
societal ends of education, and the means they prefigure, through a meditation on …

Religion, Populism, and Modernity: Confronting White Christian Nationalism and Racism

A Omer, J Lupo - 2023
In this timely book, an interdisciplinary group of scholars investigates the recent
resurfacing of White Christian nationalism and racism in populist movements across
the globe. Religion, Populism, and Modernity examines the recent rise of White …

[HTML] Hindu Nationalism, Gurus and Media

J Copeman, K Duggal, A Longkumer - Religions, 2023
… mediates principles of guruship, we also see how a multitude of public gurus
mediates principles of Hindutva. This ‘bi-instrumentalism’ of … and normalise the ‘Hindutva
idea of India’. We suggest, in light of the frequent mutual mediation of gurus and …

Hindu Nationalism and Digital Surveillance in India

I Yilmaz, RMA Saleem - Digital Authoritarianism and its Religious Legitimization …, 2023
… Here, it is also important to refute the common misconception that “Hindutva” is
the same as Hinduism, the faith. Hinduism, in contrast to … Contrary to an extremist
Hindutva narrative, Gandhi promoted a syncretic brand of Hinduism. The advent of …

Digital Authoritarianism and Religion in Democratic Polities of the Global South

I Yilmaz - Digital Authoritarianism and its Religious Legitimization …, 2023
… and its leader Narendra Modi, and the impact Hindutva has had upon Indian
politics and society since Modi became Prime Minister. It shows how Hindutva is
used to justify online censorship and how the BJP uses digital media to spread …

[PDF] Periyar's Political Atheism

KR Manoharan - 2023
… In the last ten years, four prominent rationalists in India were assassinated
allegedly by Hindutva … Of late, Hindutva politics has also received coverage owing
to its current dominant position in … This changed after the 2014 Indian general …

Digital Authoritarianism, Religion and Future of Democracy

I Yilmaz, F Yang - Digital Authoritarianism and its Religious Legitimization …, 2023
… In India, the BJP government is widely supported by Hindutva organizations and
the right-wing Hindu spiritual leaders or yogi. Rather than outright banning social
media, the BJP and its Hindutva-affiliated groups seek to drown out non-Hindu and …

Drivers of Religious Extremism in South Asia

ZS Ahmed - Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies, 2023
… Hindu nationalist organizations known as the Sangh Parivar, including the
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the BJP, the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP),
Bajrang Dal, the Shiv Sena, and many more, place a high priority on advancing the …

The crisis of neo-liberal capitalism

P Patnaik - The Japanese Political Economy, 2023
Neo-liberal capitalism brings about a de-segmentation of the world economy
whereby wages in the “north” remain subdued by being linked to the massive labor
reserves of the “south”, even while these reserves themselves swell despite …
My take on 'Transcendence Naturalism,' dialoguing with John Vervaeke and Gregg Henriques:
A must read..This is exactly what was propagated in Tamilnadu ..thankfully Tamil culture is inherently conservative. Society is inherently conservative.. and this protects women..progressive movements destroy women.. Me Too is a good example.
Present feminism I would say echoes these farcical changes.seemingly pro woman ;in reality plays into the hands of predatory Men who claim to be progressive.
Much to be said for Marriage..anything which breaks up marriage so easily should be opposed.
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Savitri is Sri Aurobindo’s major poetic work, an epic in blank-verse of about 24,000 lines in which a tale from the Mahabharata becomes a symbol of the human soul’s spiritual quest and destiny. Order here : hindueshop.com/product/savitr
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No way.... it's Bengal land that blesses one with intelligence and higher aspirations. That's why there's not only caste brahmins, also kayastha Ghoshs ( Sri Aurobindo, P Yogananda ) , Bose and other castes....who are amongst the greatest of men in the world.
India's #NationalFilmAwards have been hijacked by potboiler culture. There's no difference between art and show business in the so-called honours. Why waste taxpayer money and state patronage on works that are better served by commercial interests?
#TheWasteLand by #TSEliot as it should be. Read aloud with its unique, meaningful sounds
TV news has made it a norm that only news of national scale have some value and people have been accustomed to accordingly. But life is local which needs to be the focal point. Unhinging from the news, therefore, has many advantages. Habit of steamrolling the local should stop.
Raining heavily. Feeling like sailing a paper-boat Once again like in the childhood In the stream of two colours The brown being water from the thatched roof Flowing along the grey muddy water of the earth Just like Bhagirathi and Alakananda Merged at Devprayag to form the Ganga.


Savitri Era Political Action: All are welcome to participate in the Auroville Literature Festival sepact.blogspot.com/2023/08/all-ar Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra (b. 1956), Founder, SELF (2005) & Savitri Era Religion (2006) Savitri Era of those who adore, Om Sri Aurobindo & The Mother.