The Symbol of Sri Aurobindo
The symbol of Sri Aurobindo, two interlocking triangles enclosing a square within which is a lotus floating on water, is explained by the Mother in...
Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee’s Speeches at ‘Sri Aurobindo Memorial Convention’
Dear Friends, Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee (6 July 1901—23 June 1953) was an Indian barrister, educationalist, politician, and the Minister for Industry and Supply (August...
Conversations with My Ashram Elders by Bob Zwicker
Over the past fifty years, I have benefitted much from the observations, insights and stories of my elders in the Ashram. Sometimes I jotted down...
Henri Cartier-Bresson Recalls Taking Sri Aurobindo’s Photographs
Dear Friends, Considered to be the father of photojournalism, Henri Cartier-Bresson (22 August 1908—3 August 2004) was a world-famous French photographer who co-founded ‘Magnum Photos’...
My First Meeting with the Mother in 1971 by Bob Zwicker
I had been afraid of meeting her. It had taken me six long weeks to get to this point because I was afraid of...
Remembering My Ashram Elders by Bob Zwicker
During my life of more than fifty years in the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, I have benefitted immensely from the example and advice of my...
29 March 2026 : The Sixteenth Anniversary of Overman Foundation
On 29 March 2010, Overman Foundation had started its journey at Kolkata with a heart full of dreams and aspirations. In the past sixteen years...
Publication of “At the Feet of the Mother: Reminiscences by Her Children”, Volume One; “Who is Sri Aurobindo?” and “The Mystery of Sri Aurobindo’s ‘Departure’ vis-à-vis The Ideal of Physical Transformation”
Dear Friends, We are happy to announce Overman Foundation’s latest publications, At the Feet of the Mother: Reminiscences by Her Children, Volume One (ISBN: 978-81-996505-9-6),...
Aniruddha Sircar—The Scholar-Sadhak by Anurag Banerjee
Sri Aurobindo writes in his Record of Yoga (p. 170): “This is Aniruddha’s method, the method of the patient intellectual seeker & the patient and...
Publication of Rishabhchand’s ‘The Teachings of the Mother’ and ‘A New Light for a New Life’
Dear Friends, Founder of the renowned Indian Silk House (Kolkata) and the first member of the Jain community to join Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, Rishabhchand...