Three Hundred and Thirty Photographs of the Mother with Udar Pinto
Dear Friends, Born as Lawrence Marshal Pinto (24 April 1907—7 December 2001), Udar — renamed by Sri Aurobindo in April 1938 — had his early...
Author: Anurag Banerjee
Ranada Prasad Shaha: Dreamer of a Glorious Bengal by Dr. Prithwindra Mukherjee
Dear Friends, Ranada Prasad Shaha, also known as R.P. Shaha (15 November 1896-May 1971), was an entrepreneur and philanthropist of Bangladesh who established educational institutes...
Kailas Jhaveri: The Mother’s dear child who knew “how to be generous” by Anurag Banerjee
Dear Friends, ‘Your consciousness has much progressed towards the Truth.’ ‘My love is always with you and the Grace will fulfill your prayer.’ The aforesaid...
Kukku, My First Friend by Prof. Kittu Reddy
Dear Friends, On 25 May 2021, Vinay Kumar Verma — better known in the Sri Aurobindo Ashram community as Kukku — passed away at the...
Jawaharlal Nehru’s Letter to Lakshmi Menon on the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry
Dear Friends, On 27 August 1958, Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, had written a letter to Lakshmi Menon, Deputy Minister in the...
Master Story Teller : Manoj Das (1934—2021) by Dr. Sachidananda Mohanty
Novelist, short story writer, educator, editor, literary journalist, exponent of Indian culture and spirituality, Manoj Das would be remembered, most of all, as a narrator...
Manoj Das: In Memoriam by Anurag Banerjee
Dear Friends, ‘Our being is still dominated by the dictates of our body, life and mind. But the innermost element of our being, the soul,...
The Dalai Lama’s Interview with the Mother and the Mother’s impressions about him
Dear Friends, On 18 January 1973, the Mother was visited by the Dalai Lama. His questions were put to the Mother by Dr. Kireet Joshi,...
The State of the Nation: The Mother Answers — A Questionnaire from The Illustrated Weekly of India, Republic Day issue of 1964
Dear Friends, In November 1963, The Illustrated Weekly of India had put a set of questions before the Mother. The questions and the Mother’s answers...
What Sri Aurobindo Means to Me by Sundaram
Dear Friends, Born on 22 March 1908 as Tribhuvandas Luhar to Purushottamdas Keshavdas Luhar and Ujamben in the village of Miyanmatar (located in the district...