Mother India (journal)
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Mother India is the Sri Aurobindo Ashram
's originally fortnightly, now monthly, cultural review. It was started in 1949, the founding editor being K. D. Sethna
(Amal Kiran), who continues as editor for over fifty years.
's sanction before material in it could be published. Although Sri Aurobindo himself did not write in Mother India, his interest in important issues of the time was reflected in the writings of his disciple Amal Kiran, the editor of the journal. For example, his message on Korea with its prediction of Stalinist communism's designs on South East Asia and India through Tibet, was originally sent in private to Amal Kiran and became the basis of one of the editorials. All the editorials were submitted to Sri Aurobindo for approval, and most were found to be impeccable, although on a few occasions small but significant changes were made. Sri Aurobindo declared privately that Mother India was his paper.
A number of early editorials have recently been collected and published in India and the World Scene (ISBN 81-7060-118-5) and The Indian Spirit and the World's Future (ISBN 81-7060-227-0)
Sri Aurobindo Ashram
The Sri Aurobindo Ashram was founded by Sri Aurobindo on the 24 November 1926 . At the time there were no more than 24 disciples in the Ashram...
's originally fortnightly, now monthly, cultural review. It was started in 1949, the founding editor being K. D. Sethna
K. D. Sethna
Kaikhosru Dadhaboy Sethna was an Indian poet, scholar, writer, philosopher, and cultural critic. He published more than 40 books...
(Amal Kiran), who continues as editor for over fifty years.
History
Mother India began as a semi-political fortnightly, and needed Sri AurobindoSri Aurobindo
Sri Aurobindo , born Aurobindo Ghosh or Ghose , was an Indian nationalist, freedom fighter, philosopher, yogi, guru, and poet. He joined the Indian movement for freedom from British rule and for a duration became one of its most important leaders, before developing his own vision of human progress...
's sanction before material in it could be published. Although Sri Aurobindo himself did not write in Mother India, his interest in important issues of the time was reflected in the writings of his disciple Amal Kiran, the editor of the journal. For example, his message on Korea with its prediction of Stalinist communism's designs on South East Asia and India through Tibet, was originally sent in private to Amal Kiran and became the basis of one of the editorials. All the editorials were submitted to Sri Aurobindo for approval, and most were found to be impeccable, although on a few occasions small but significant changes were made. Sri Aurobindo declared privately that Mother India was his paper.
A number of early editorials have recently been collected and published in India and the World Scene (ISBN 81-7060-118-5) and The Indian Spirit and the World's Future (ISBN 81-7060-227-0)
List of select articles
The following are some of the articles that have appeared in the journal.- The New Lead in Philosophy. Indra SenIndra SenIndra Sen MA, LL.B., PH.D. was a devotee of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother, psychologist, author, and educator, and the founder of Integral Psychology as an academic discipline....
November 1958 - Grace and Self-effort in the Upanishads. Sisir Kumar MaitraSisir Kumar MaitraSisir Kumar Maitra was Head of the Department of Philosophy and Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Banaras Hindu University...
Apr-May 1962 - The Future Culture of India and the World. Indra SenIndra SenIndra Sen MA, LL.B., PH.D. was a devotee of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother, psychologist, author, and educator, and the founder of Integral Psychology as an academic discipline....
December 1966 - History of The Future. M.S. Srinivasan June 2006