Friday, October 22, 2021

Auroville can't spell Visva-Bharati correctly

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The present members

The Central Government, vide Ministry of Human Resource Development’s dated the 6th October, 2021 , nominated new members of the  Governing Board.
S.O. 4093(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 11 read with Section 12, of the Auroville Foundation Act, 1988 (54 of 1988), the Central Government hereby nominates the following persons as members of the Governing Board of the Auroville Foundation for a period of four years w.e.f the date of this notification:

CHAIRMAN

Shri R.N. Ravi
Hon’ble Governor of Tamil Nadu
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._N._Ravi

MEMBERS

Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan, Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamilisai_Soundararajan

Dr. Nirima OzaProfessor, D/o Oral Pathology, Mahatma GandhiPostgraduate Institute of Dental Sciences, Puducherry 
http://www.meramd.com/find/doctors/details/nirima-oza

Shri Aravindan NeelakandanWriter and Journalist, Tamil Nadu
Dr. Aravindan Neelakandan - profiles dt.09.10.21.pdf

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Prof. Goutam GhosalDepartment of English & Other Modern European Languages, Visva-Bharti, Santiniketan, West Bengal

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Prof. R.S. SarrajuFormer Head of the Department of Hindi and presently Head of Centre for Dalit, Adivasi and Translation Studies, University of Hyderabad

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Prof. Nandana Gurappa BasappaDepartment of PG Studies in Political Science, Karnataka University, Dharwad

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The ex-officio members are

Joint Secretary (ICC), Ministry of Education, Govt. of India

Joint Secretary & Finance Advisor, Ministry of Education, Govt. of India 

https://auroville.org/contents/1262

You read the paper PHILOSOPHY OF SWAMI VIVEKANANDA AND SRI AUROBINDO A CRITICAL ANALYSISA related paper is available on Academia.

ABSTRACT
In the mid-1970s, during the hippie counterculture revolution, the author embarks on a spiritual journey from Istanbul to India along the hippie trail, and then from India to Southeast Asia and the Far East. While in South India, he is initiated into Hatha Yoga by the late Swami Gitananda, which changes his life...
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You read the paper Dance Literacy: Reader Response and Affective Stylistics. A related paper is available on Academia.

ABSTRACT
In the last century, Yoga has developed in various directions and dimensions under the guidance of many eminent masters. These masters have codified their own Bani (styles) of Yoga that are often at variance with one another but all of them still maintain the traditional lineage to Yoga Vidya or the Science of Yoga....
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The virtues in Indian tradition according to the historian of philosophy JN Mohanty. Ahimsa is almost universally recurrent. Compare to “cardinal virtues” in the Greek tradition (through Plato and Aristotle): justice, prudence, temperance, fortitude.
My friend ‘s forthcoming “Black Avatar” is going to be a signal event in the scholarship around colorism- a beautiful exploration of how Indian standards of beauty evolved.
There was a view that illusionism/mayavada led to passivity and uncritical acceptance of the status quo and some thinkers attributed that to Advaita Vedanta. It’s when Naipaul asked RK Narayan about India, and he said “India will go on.”
In the 20th century, for whatever reason, Advaita Vedanta became breathtakingly dominant among Indian intellectuals. I agree that this is anomalous, but that doesn’t make it untrue.
Yes, of course. It was Shri Aurobindo who was one of the first to point out the fallacy of a superficial reading of the RV. Semenenko, being his disciple, is taking it forward. Anthony lied BIG by claiming that a RV verse described a Kurgan burial. Lie called out by
Discourse and narrative are bound to be navigated through democratic negotiation and dominant paradigms obscuring authentic voices can't be ruled out. Big players have an upper hand in the game but political mobilisation proves to be a powerful glue than mere technological foray.
My survey of studies relating to Sri Aurobindo during the last thirty years makes it clear how turf war is being fought most diligently. Organisations push their interests continuously and vigorously which is understandable. Followers of Sri Aurobindo unfortunately seem reluctant.
Apart from the copy-paste ritual, there's no concern for any ideological issues. As Sri Aurobindo has been deliberately overlooked in the past, what are the present initiatives and who steers them? More importantly, what image or aspect of Sri Aurobindo is sought to be portrayed?
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I haven't seen anyone to debate with others defending Sri Aurobindo but they will readily fight with me or mock me. Many have either blocked or muted me and treat my handles as tainted. Curiously some RT what I RT but not my own tweets. Such is the standard of purity of followers

Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra (b.1956) @NathTusar, the Founder of SELF (2005), Savitri Era Religion (2006), & Savitri Era Party (2007)