Sri Aurobindo and the Art of Literature
Sri Aurobindo’s vast body of literary works reveals a unified vision of literature as being inseparable from spiritual and cultural truth.
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Sri Aurobindo as a Literary Artist – 1
Serialising a long essay focusing on Sri Aurobindo’s work as a literary artist. In this part, read about the true purpose that inspires an artist.
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Sri Aurobindo as a Literary Artist – 2
Using words with great precision and liberality, Sri Aurobindo is “both voluble in appearance and compact in effect,” says the author.
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Preparing the Mind of a Nation
Sri Aurobindo speaks of the mind of a nation and the soul of a people as an intermediate power, between the universal mind and soul of humanity and the mind and soul of the individual in its infinite variation.
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Woman and Nation in ‘Rajmohan’s Wife’ – 1
Focusing on a few aspects of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee’s only novel written in English, the author explores their relevance for a student of modern Indian society and culture.
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Woman and Nation in ‘Rajmohan’s Wife’ – 2
A longer version of this article was first published in New Race: A Journal of Integral and Future Studies, April 2015, Volume I (1), pp. 54-59.
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Bankim’s Heroines: A Conversation Translated from Bengali
This presents an evolving view of a woman’s personal understanding of her rightful place and work in the context of family and the larger society and nation.
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Woman in Sri Aurobindo’s Poetry
The author presents a delightful reading of the portrayal of selected key women figures from several poems of Sri Aurobindo, from Ahana to Savitri.
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