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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Bhārat-Bhārati – Excerpts from Rashtrakavi’s Famous Kāvya
Selected excerpts from Maithilisharan Gupt’s most famous work, Bharat Bharati, which stirred deep nationalist emotions among Indians when it was first published in 1912.
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Japanese Flower-artist: A timeless story retold in multiple languages
During her stay in Japan from 1916 to 1920 the Mother translated and adapted some stories written by F. J. Gould. Her versions, written in French and first published as Belles Histoires, later appeared in English translation as Tales of All Times. The Mother explained that these stories were written for children “to discover themselves and follow a path of right and beauty.” The timeless nature of these stories make them equally appealing to grown-ups, or shall we say, to all who aspire to be truly a child of the Mother. In this issue, we are retelling a story titled ‘Modesty’ in multiple languages.
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Epic Heroines Who Live Amongst Us
The author gives examples of women characters from various Indian literary creations which continue to show women the path to truly becoming strong and powerful making their choices.
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“A Cohesive National Education” – A Conversation with Sandeep Balakrishna (Part 2)
In this second part, Sandeep Balakrishna speaks of the devastating impact of bad educational policy especially concerning Indian languages, and the role of ideologically-biased textbooks and cinema in progressive indoctrination of the students’ minds.
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The Wonderful World of Children’s Literature
We review three new Sanskrit books for children published by Samskrita Bālasāhitya Parishad. These books reflect the diversity of children’s literature in Sanskrit – one is a book of rhyming songs, the other is a collection of short humorous stories and the third is a beautifully illustrated story book.
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New Life for Sanskrit: Lessons from Hebrew Revival
Are there some lessons for India in the story of the revival of Hebrew language? This article briefly explores this question and presents some specific ideas in this regard.
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