Literature

On 16th-17th December, this festival brought together some of the best Tamil writers, educators, thinkers and philosophers, in the categories of poetry, literature, art, culture and the works of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother.

Dr Mohanty is former Professor and Head of the Department of English, University of Hyderabad. Winner of many national and international awards, he has published extensively in the field of British, American, gender, translation, and post-colonial studies.

On the occasion of Sri Aurobindo’s 150th birth anniversary, Penguin India has published Reading Sri Aurobindo, a book that introduces in 31 chapters each of the works of Sri Aurobindo through the words of 21 contributors.

An interview with Joel Koechlin

Bryan Walton, one of Auroville’s early pioneers, left his body on March 8 in Wisconsin, USA at the age of 80. Bryan left the USA in the mid-sixties for India in search for a better life, and eventually came to the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in June 1971.

Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan, leading scholar of Indian culture, art and art history, and Padma Vibhushan award, passed away on September 16, 2020 at her Delhi home, at the age of 91.

The Journey of Auroville festival, a project under the special grants from the Government of India for Auroville’s 50th anniversary, was most recently held in Kolkata (earlier called Calcutta) from 28 to 31 January 2019.

Vikas Vickers of AVI UK has selected 50 poems by 21 poets as a gift and tribute to Auroville on its 50th birthday. This collection is the only the second collection of Auroville poetry, and the first in over 30 years.

What comparisons can be made between the philosophy of Sri Aurobindo and those of European thinkers? Was Sri Aurobindo influenced by the philosophy of some Europeans?