Friday, February 19, 2016

People want to believe that you’re telling a true story

Arth still relevant today: Azmi - PressReader

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Jan 29, 2016 - Actor Shabana Azmi (right), who played the role of a woman who ... in the film Arth (1982), believes that the film would have been still relevant  ...

Shabana Azmi on her marriage, Arth and the turning points ...

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Sep 18, 2013 - She has played a multitude of roles on the big screen, but off screen too, veteran actress Shabana Azmi, who turned 62 on Wednesday, has ...
Which according to you is the single-most influential film of your life?

A. Mahesh Bhatt's Arth remains a milestone. I continue to meet women who say that it was a transformative experience for them and gave them tremendous strength.


The song yet to be sung - Thrissur - The Hindu

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15 hours ago - Illustrating it with an evocative example, poet and lyricist Javed Akhtar in his keynote address, spoke of the folk game, in which little boys whirl over their heads  ...

The seminar on ‘Changing Profile of Indian Music’ in Mumbai discussed the issues that music faces as thevalues of a society change, reports Deepa Ganesh

Character is indeed shaped in the stormy billows of this world – this is not just about human character but also about the character of arts too. Did any art, ever, emanate from the mind of the artiste alone? Was it – at any point in time – totally insulated from society? In the history of any art form, there may not have been such a time when art and society led independent lives. But perhaps, there is no time such as the present, when society has such a huge bearing on the nature of art.

We don't give languages the importance they deserve: Javed Akhtar ...

IBNLive-17-Feb-2016
When we think about Urdu language in Bollywood, one of the very first names that'll immediately strike you is that of Javed Akhtar, who not only has a big hand ...

Javed Akhtar on Urdu as a language of love, life and folk

DailyO-15-Feb-2016
But it is also the language of the awaam (the common people), argued Javed Akhtar. Those present at the packed grounds of Indira Gandhi National Centre for ... when used aesthetically, the same becomes an art form.

New Rajasthan textbooks drop western writers

Times of India-16-Feb-2016
JAIPUR: The BJP government in Rajasthan has omitted poems by the likes of John Keats, Thomas Hardy, William Blake, T S Eliot and Edward Lear from the ...

Restricting western influences denies students vistas of learning

Hindustan Times-17-Feb-2016
The latest is the Rajasthan government, which has decided to drop poems by John Keats, Thomas Hardy, William Blake, TS Eliot and Edward ... Current dispensations should at least take a leaf or two out of past books where efforts to stamp out foreign influences have not paid off.

The Storyteller's Secret: How TED speakers and ...

Carmine Gallo - 2016 - ‎Business & Economics
This happened then that. This happened because of that. This happened and it was related to that.” 
Let's break down the structure that Prince says gives stories their specificity and apply it to the story that Pete Frates told ...
We have a built-in radar to protect ourselves from dishonesty and falsehoods. We’re not always accurate, of course, and some people have better “BS” detectors than others. But the more specific a story, the more evidence we have against which to measure a story’s truthfulness. People want to believe that you’re telling a true story. We listen for specifics to help us distinguish between fact and fiction.

Drop the aam, focus on kaam: Instead of fighting phony ... 

Drop the aam, focus on kaam: Instead of fighting phony class wars, politicos should deliver world-class services

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Jun 27, 2015 - With Delhi's AAP government unveiling its first 'Swaraj' budget, the aam flavour was unmistakable. True, supply of the fruit has been lacklustre ...

Savitri Era of those who adore, Om Sri Aurobindo & The Mother.

Sunday, February 14, 2016

Beyond the Dawn: Revaluation of Sri Aurobindo's Poetry

Upcoming Events | University of Mysore

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3 hours ago - Click here to view / download more about the seminar · Read more about Two day National Seminar on Beyond the Dawn: Revaluation of Sri Aurobindo's Poetry ... April

madurai today

The Hindu-1 hour ago
Sri Aurobindo Study Forum: Discourse on Sri Aurobindo's 'Life Divine' by Subramany, Nithyatha, Auro Lab, Veerapanjan, 10 a.m.. 

Jipmer signs MoU with Sri Aurobindo Society

The Hindu-09-Feb-2016
Jipmer and Sri Aurobindo Society (SAS), Puducherry, have signed a MoU for taking up collaborative programmes in the field of health, medical ...

When Rigveda meets Indo-secularism

DailyO-10-Feb-2016
[Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda]. Sri Aurobindo reiterated the idea and launched a scathing attack on "polytheists" and "Europeans":.

Temple Entry Reform And Sanatana Dharma

Swarajya-03-Feb-2016
Sri Sri has reached a position in the society as a teacher of Yoga. .... 
Thanks for sharing some personal details... I also started early in my age with Vivekananda, Shankara and Ramana Maharishi. Shankara established the vedic hinduism strongly, that is his main credit, no doubt. But soon I got disillusioned. Later I found lot of inconsistencies and mis-interpretations and I rejected it outright.
But Sri Aurobindo's integral yoga attracted me and made more sense in theory and practice. It gave me solace and his writings are amazingly clear and highly spiritualised. But later I was not satisfied and searched for the true meaning of vedanta and found out only with vaishnava acharyas- Sri Raghavendra and Acharya Madhva (of dvaita school or Tatvavada) who gave the true spiritual meanings of the scriptures. It gave me lot of perspectives and changed my vision completely. It seems we are in the opposite poles of spirituality. May be, at different times/stages various people/siddhanta help us in our evolution.


The Sacrifice of Sri Aurobindo - YouTube

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The Sacrifice of Sri Aurobindo ... Sri Aurobindo Yoga Mandir 379 views. 13:25. Dr Nigel Osborne's visit to ...

Feast for art and culture enthusiasts

The Hindu-27-Jan-2016
Ms. Sumati received her initial training under Guru Sri Hemangini Desai at the SriAurobindo International Centre of Education in Puducherry. The event will take ...

Celebrating TN's culture and folk history

The Hindu-4 hours ago
The two-day Auroville and Puducherry Village Heritage Festival to celebrate the ... Mohanam Center for Culture and Heritage, under the Auroville Village Action ...

engagements

The Hindu-12-Feb-2016
Tourism Department and Auroville: 3{+r}{+d}Auroville and Puducherry Village Heritage Festival 2016, Mohanam Cultural and Heritage Centre, Alankuppam, ...

Adishakti to interpret Ganapati as a concept of inclusivity

The Hindu-12-Feb-2016
... of inclusivity, Adishakti Laboratory for Theatre Arts and Research is staging the play Ganapati at Aurobindo Auditorium in Bharat Nivas,Auroville on Tuesday.

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Four-day symposium on music, dance and theatre

The Hindu-06-Feb-2016
Works of Ashesh Joshi, an artist from Auroville, Pondicherry, are on display. According to a press release, the show is about harmony and nature. The show ...
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Artistes pledge to build an exclusive auditorium in Puducherry

The Hindu-06-Feb-2016
Why should not we think of building one between Auroville and Puducherry? We can work with the government as part of the Smart City project. We should bank ...

How the past plays on the present

The Hindu-04-Feb-2016
'Past is Present,' a documentary theatre by Basel-based Swiss director Corinne Maier will explore this theme when the play is staged at Auroville on Friday.


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The Journey of a Photographer

The Hindu-28-Jan-2016
... years, the passion for architecture remained alive in him and also brought him to India for the first time in 1987 to look at the AurovilleAshram in Pondicherry.