News
from Branches and Centres
Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh)
8th- 9th October 2011: Study Camp of Hindi Zone
Swadhyaya Shivir in progress
Audience of the workshop
Sri Aurobindo Society Hindi Zonal Committee organized a two-day
Study Camp at the Ujjain Branch of Sri Aurobindo Society. Sri
Aurobindo's book "Lights on Yoga" was taken up for
study. Dr. Suresh Chandra Tyagi of Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh,
was the facilitator. About 30 participants from Madhya Pradesh
and Uttar Pradesh attended the camp. Shri Vibhash Upadhyaya,
Chairman of the Ujjain Branch, welcomed the guests.
This is the second camp of this nature held this year. The
first was held at Haridwar (Uttarakhand). The next camp on Sri
Aurobindo's Poetry will be held at Patiala (Punjab) on 17th
- 18th December 2011.
Neyveli
(Tamil Nadu)
3rd September 2011: Celebrations of the birth anniversary of
Sri Aurobindo and the Golden Jubilee of the Society
The function was chaired by Shri A.R. Ansari, Chairman and
Managing Director of Neyveli Lignite Corporation. Large photographs
of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother were unveiled by Shri A.R. Ansari.
Shri Pradeep Narang, Chairman of Sri Aurobindo Society, was
the chief guest. Shri N. Thiruvenkatam, Chairman, Tamil Nadu
State Committee of the Society participated in the function
besides the office bearers of the Neyveli Centre of the Society.
The function was jointly organised by the Neyveli Centre of
the Society and Sri Aurobindo Vidyalaya Hr. Sec. School, Neyveli.
Paigamberpur
(Uttar Pradesh)
15th August 2011: Celebration of Sri Aurobindo's birth Anniversary
Students from Welhams School participating in Construction,
agriculture and dairy work
Celebrations proceeded with a march-past, the Mother's flag
hoisting, a little cultural programme and distribution of prasad.
There was a heavy downpour in the village on that day but it
stopped raining for that hour when the programme was taking
place.
As a result of the residential youth camp organised earlier
this year, some children from the adjoining villages are now
coming to the Centre every Sunday, and they also took part in
the 15th August programme. A group of 11 people comprising of
farmers and teachers attended the programme organised by Hindi
Zonal Committee at Varanasi.
Dehradun
(Uttarakhand)
21st to 25th September 2011: Visit from students of Welhams
School, Dehradun
30 students of class 12 from Welhams School, Dehradun, visited
and stayed at the Centre for rural exposure. Staying arrangements
for the students were made with the families in the village.
The students participated in various activities viz. agricultural
(theory and practice), visit to various fields, cooking on chulas,
dairy farming, and interaction with the Pradhan. Young volunteers
from the village were enthusiastically involved in the whole
event.
Noida
(Uttar Pradesh)
5th October 2011: Talk on 'Power of Sanskrit'
Dr. Sampadananda Mishra delivering his talk
Talk on 'Power of Sanskrit'by Dr. Sampadananda Mishra, Director,
Sri Aurobindo Foundation for Indian Culture (SAFIC), Puducherry,
was organised from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Sri Aurobindo Bhavan,
Noida. About thirty devotees and their families took part in
the programme.
8th October 2011:
Pradeep bhai addressing the gathering
A talk on 'Significance of Prayers' by Shri Pradeep Narang,
Chairman, Sri Aurobindo Society, Puducherry, was held from 5.30
p.m. to 6.30 p.m. followed by Question - Answer session which
evinced keen interest amongst the participants.
19th October 2011: Advisory Board meeting of SAFIM
SAFIM advisory board meeting in progress
Sri Aurobindo Foundation for Integral Management (SAFIM), a
unit of Sri Aurobindo Society, held its first Advisory Board
meeting at Sri Aurobindo Bhavan, Noida. The Advisory Board members
who participated, included Shri Justice R.C. Lahoti, former
Chief Justice of India, Shri T.N. Chaturvedi, former Governor,
Karnataka & Kerala, Shri T.S. Krishnamurthy, former Chief
Election Commissioner, Prof. B.P. Bhatnagar, former Vice Chancellor,
JR Nagar Deemed University, Udaipur, Dr. Abid Hussain, former
Indian Ambassador to USA; Shri Pradeep Narang, Chairman, Sri
Aurobindo Society, Puducherry, and other distinguished authorities
who are members of the Advisory Board.
On 2nd; 9th; 16th and 23rd October 2011, from 11a.m. to 1 p.m.
discussion on Bhagavad Gita lead by Shri Viswa Mohan Tiwari,
Air Vice Marshal (Retd.), took place at Sri Aurobindo Bhavan.
There were about 10 to 12 participants in the programme.
On every Sunday from 11.00AM to 1.00PM, a free eye check-up/consultation
programme is organised by Dr. P.S. Chauhan.
Free acupressure treatment for two hours daily from Monday
to Friday is organised by Sh. Girish Prakash Shukla at Sri Aurobindo
Bhavan.
Dombivli,
Mumbai (Maharashtra)
30th October 2011: 21st Annual Day celebrations of Dombivli
Centre
Shri Annai Adigal from Sri Annai Aravindar Dhyanamaiyam, Ashok
Nagar, Chennai, spoke on the spiritual progress as explained
by the Mother, and Shri S.V. Kulkarni, Chairman, Sri Aurobindo
Society, Chembur Branch, Mumbai, spoke on "Savitri".
Nearly 60 members participated in the function.
International
Nairobi (Kenya)
13th September 2011: Booklets distributed to Faraja Cancer Centre
Nairobi Centre presented one hundred and fifty mini-booklets
in three titles, compiled from the words of Sri Aurobindo and
the Mother and published by Sri Aurobindo Society: Inner Peace,
Faith in the Divine and Significance of Meditation to Faraja
Cancer Centre, Nairobi, which provides a holistic approach to
the treatment in cancer patients. These booklets will be kept
in the outpatient clinic and also shared by the staff of the
Faraja's Centre.
29th September 2011: Visit by Senior Chaplain Reverend Kilungo
of Kenya Administration Police Service
Senior Chaplain Reverend Kilungo together with his assistants
visited Sri Aurobindo Bhavan, Nairobi, to receive three thousand
mini-booklets in ten titles, compiled from the words of Sri
Aurobindo and the Mother and published by the Society. The secretary
of Nairobi Centre gave them a brief introduction regarding the
aims and objectives of the Sri Aurobindo Society and highlighted
to them the topics and contents of the booklets which serve
in character building of an Individual. The booklets will be
distributed to the staff of the main police stations in Nairobi.
10th October 2011: Visit by the Administration and Human
Resources Manager of the Community Centre of Presbyterian Church
East Africa
This Centre focuses mainly on refugee children and development
of women from Somalia, Sudan, Ethiopia and other parts of Africa.
The Centre's holistic development approach revolves around education
and learning, vocational training, community development and
enterprise development (e.g. Pottery-making, Computer-learning,
etc.). The Nairobi Centre presented the Community Centre with
two thousand mini-booklets in ten titles, published by the Society,
which will help in this holistic development of the refugee
children and women.
London
(U.K.)
Sri Aurobindo Society of U.K. in London celebrated its Silver
Jubilee on 17th September 2011. Shri Gopal Bhattacharjee, International
Secretary, was the chief guest. The Mayor of South Harrow inaugurated
the function which was attended by the members of the Society
with their families. Different cultural groups in London participated
in the cultural programme.
Singapore
8th October 2011: "Sarvam Krishna Mayam" at the
Annual Gita Jayanti Krishna Manjari
The event was held on Saturday, 6pm at the GIIS auditorium at
Queenstown The children of IEP offered a program entitled "Sarvam
Krishna Mayam" at the Global Indian international school
stage.This is the 3rd consecutive year that Sri Aurobindo Society
is presenting an offering at the Gita Jayanti program. It is
a special programme with songs, skits, dances and a 'kirtan'
by Shri Makarand Bua Ramadasi (India). Minister Eswaran has
graciously agreed to be the Guest of Honour.
Sri Aurobindo Society is also offering a segment in this concert,
based on the Vishwarupa darshan in the light of Sri Aurobindo.
IEP children will be dressed as Radha and Krishna to perform
a simple dance and to visualize the philosophy behind the Vishwarupa.
A video recording of the same is available on the following
link-
http://sassingapore.blogspot.com/2011/10/sarvam-krishna-mayam-offering-at-gita.html
The centre regularly conducts self development programmes like
"Morning walk and Brunch" and silent reading sessions.
The details of the same are available on http://www.sriaurobindosociety.org.sg/activities.htm
