India's only online research institute dedicated to the mission of Sri Aurobindo and Mother
Dear Friends, André Morisset (23.8.1898—29.3.1982) was the Mother’s only son. His father Henri Morisset (6.4.1870—15.11.1956) was a noted French artist. Having received his early education at Lycee Chaptal School, André joined the army in October 1916 as an artillery officer and participated in the First World War. He received, as...
Dear Friends, The Aurobindonian community lost a bright jewel with the passing away of Pratijna Devi on Wednesday, 3rd October 2018. Confined to her bed in the Nursing Home of Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, for almost three years, her end came at 8.30 p.m. Born in 1938, Pratijna Devi hailed...
Dear Friends, Madhav Pundalik Pandit, better known as M. P. Pandit, was born on 14 June, 1918. He visited Pondicherry for the first time in 1937 and had the Darshan of the Mother on 4 April and that of Sri Aurobindo on 15 August. After completing his B.Com with high...
Dear Friends, In August 1952, on the occasion of Sri Aurobindo’s eightieth Birthday, a special anthology of Sri Aurobindo’s “Last Poems” was published by Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry. In this anthology, forty-eight poems, consisting mainly of sonnets, were included and these were among the last written poems of Sri Aurobindo....
Dear Friends, Born on 18 July Sumitra Cazade née Nahar is the second daughter of Prithwi Singh Nahar and Suhag Kumari. She visited Sri Aurobindo Ashram for the first time in 1935 and became an inmate in 1941 at the age of thirteen. She was one of the first students...
Dear Friends, Jaya Devi alias Nonibala was among the earliest followers of Sri Aurobindo who was present at Pondicherry on 24 November 1926 when the descent of the Overmental Consciousness took place in Sri Aurobindo’s body. She lived in the Sri Aurobindo Ashram for a long time and passed away...
Dear Friends, On 15 August 1992, Dr. Nirodbaran Talukdar (1903-2006), who served Sri Aurobindo as a scribe and attendant, gave a talk in Bengali titled “Sri Aurobindo As I Have Seen Him” which was broadcast on Radio Calcutta. For our readers, we are happy to publish the English translation of...
Dear Friends, On the occasion of Sri Aurobindo’s 119th Birth Anniversary, All India Radio Pondicherry had brought together at 8 p.m. on August 12, 1991, five inmates (Nirodbaran Talukdar, Arabinda Basu, K.D. Sethna alias Amal Kiran, M. P. Pandit and Jhumur Bhattacharya) of Sri Aurobindo Ashram to broadcast enlightening words...
Dear Friends and Well-wishers of Overman Foundation, Shrimat Anirvan (8 July 1896—31 May 1978) had mastered the Astādhyayi of Pānini at a very early age. After completing his formal education he renounced the world and became Nirvanananda Saraswati. But after a few years he dropped the ochre robes and changed...
Dear Friends and Well-wishers of Overman Foundation, The Fourth “Shrimat Anirvan Memorial Oration” organized by Overman Foundation was held on Saturday, 7 July 2017, at Sri Aurobindo Bhavan (8 Shakespeare Sarani, Kolkata 700071). The programme was chaired by Professor Supriyo Bhattacharya, former Head of the Department of Economics, Kalyani University....