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Beneath and Beyond: Some Unknown Stories of SRI AUROBINDO AND THE MOTHER

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Sri Aurobindo’s Earthly Consort

Mrinalini Devi (March 6, 1887–December 17, 1918) The year 2018 was the centenary year of the passing away of Mrinalini Devi, wife of Sri Aurobindo. There is very little known about her except that Sri Aurobindo chose her as his Read more…

By MANIK April 29, 2019
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Sri Aurobindo and the Nobel Prize

It is a relatively unknown fact that Sri Aurobindo was twice nominated for the Nobel Prize—first for Nobel in Literature in 1943 and second time for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950.   In 1950, the name of Sri Aurobindo Read more…

By MANIK July 21, 2018
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Swami Vivekananda’s Devotee Josephine MacLeod Writes a Letter on Sri Aurobindo

On December 21, 1938, Josephine MacLeod, a friend and American devotee of Swami Vivekananda, wrote to the Mother the following letter. It was about one of Sri Aurobindo’s major experiences of Swami Vivekananda in Alipore Jail, while he was in Read more…

By MANIK May 14, 2018
Sri Aurobindo and the Mother

When Sri Aurobindo and the Mother Blessed the Famous Mohun Bagan Football Club

Mohun Bagan was established on August 15, 1889, in North Calcutta. In 1911, Mohun Bagan created history by becoming the first Indian club to win the IFA Shield (annual football competition organized by the Indian Football Association) after defeating East Yorkshire Read more…

By MANIK April 27, 2018
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When Sri Aurobindo Wrote as ‘MANIK’ – An Unknown Chapter

To delude the British colonial administration, Sri Aurobindo often used pseudonyms such as ‘Manik’ and ‘Kali’, both during and after the Bengal revolutionary period between 1901 and 1910. Most of what he wrote as ‘Manik’ went untraceable. Post-1910, from Puducherry, Read more…

By MANIK April 17, 2018
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Etymology of ‘Rosogolla’ (the Court Debate on the ‘Sweets Letter’)

The ‘Alipore Bomb Case’ was “the first state trial of any magnitude in India”. The British Government arrested Sri Aurobindo, a prominent Nationalist Leader at the time, Barindra Ghose, and many young revolutionaries. They were charged with “Conspiracy” or “waging Read more…

By MANIK March 21, 2018
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When Sister Nivedita Called Sri Aurobindo ‘Bengal’s Mazzini’

On August 18, 1910, Sister Nivedita wrote a letter to her friend S. K. Ratcliff in England, and titled it ‘Nationalism My Mother’. In the letter she said, “Arabindo is only praiseworthy as he is the real protagonist of Indian Read more…

By MANIK March 19, 2018

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  • Swami Vivekananda’s Devotee Josephine MacLeod Writes a Letter on Sri Aurobindo
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