A meaningful Sunday with newacropolis communitree circle
Nothing in nature exists in isolation. The movement of life, which originates in the sun, takes place because everything is interconnected and interdependent. Living consciously means being aware of the unity of humans and [...]
Building our Center Through Mandala Art
On Sunday 9th October '22, New Acropolis Pune branch hosted a talk and Mandala making workshop, based on the theme of ‘Centering Yourself: Lessons from Mandala.’ Addressing an enthusiastic house, the speaker introduced the concept [...]
Musical Evening Commemorating Gandhiji with Singer Radhika Sood
“Krodh na Chhoda, Jhooth na chhoda, Satyavachan kyon chhod diya?” “You didn’t leave anger nor lies, why did you leave the path of truth ?” - Poet Khaalas from Gandhiji’s Ashram Bhajnaavali On 9th October [...]
The Quest for Purpose
Not knowing what it is all about, we usually look to someone else to tell us about the purpose of life. But can we discover it ourselves ? New Acropolis (Main Centre) hosted an interactive [...]
Our Role in Forming Society
On Saturday 24th September, 2022, New Acropolis Pune branch hosted a talk titled Forming a Better Society: Inspiration from Plato. Drawing on the ancient Greek philosopher’s insights that are relevant even today, the speaker focused [...]
Fraternity Evening at New Acropolis Pune Branch
The members of New Acropolis Pune branch came together on Monday 19th September, to celebrate the spirit of fraternity through songs and skits meant to inspire philosophical values for daily life. Theatre centered around [...]
Overpowering Inner Dragons
What could our inner dragons be and how can we overpower them? This was the theme explored in the talk ‘Slaying your inner dragons: lessons from mythology’, hosted by New Acropolis Pune Branch on Saturday [...]
Sowing Seeds of Virtue
On Sunday, 4th September 2022, volunteers from New Acropolis Pune conducted a street engagement at Kalakar Katta on Fergusson College road. Dressed as warrior-philosophers of peace, the members held up a banner with the [...]
Basic life-saving skills Training @ New Acropolis Bangalore
Another meaningful Sunday at New Acropolis South India..... We organised a 'Basic life-saving skills - Training in CPR, AED and First Aid' at our centre in collaboration with Nightingale's Medical Trust… It was a [...]
Developing the Art of Concentration
In a world full of distractions, developing concentration is perhaps something we have all struggled with. On 3rd September 2022, New Acropolis Main Centre hosted a talk titled Art of Concentration: Learning to Live Fully [...]
Interview with Delia Steinberg Guzmán, Honorary President of New Acropolis
Following the interview with its current President, Carlos Adelantado Puchal, International Organisation New Acropolis (IONA) presents an interview with its Honorary President Delia Steinberg Guzmán who led the IONA for over twenty five [...]
Finding Meaning Through Art: Creating Mandalas
“Each person’s life is like a mandala – a vast, limitless circle. We stand in the center of our own circle, and everything we see, hear and think forms the mandala of our [...]
Being a Modern-Day Samurai
The Bushido or Way of the Warrior is said to continue to echo in Japanese culture even after many centuries. On 12th August 2022 , New Acropolis Main Centre hosted an interactive talk titled Samurai [...]
Daring to Live as a Knight in the 21st Century
On Friday August 5th, New Acropolis Pune branch hosted an interactive talk titled Being a Knight in the 21st Century. The speakers explored the virtues that knights in medieval times are known to have lived [...]
New Acropolis Organises Blood Donation Drive
New Acropolis Main Centre organized a Blood Donation drive on 31 July 2022, in response to the shortage of blood being faced by Masina Hospital at Byculla Mumbai. In the true spirit of Volunteering, [...]
Living Adventurously – The Warrior Gentleman’s Way
On 30th July 2022, New Acropolis Main Centre hosted an interactive talk titled "The Warrior-Gentleman’s Search for Success”. The talk was the second in the Live Adventurously series where the speaker illustrated how we have [...]
Facing Uncertainty with Stability
On a Sunday evening, 24th July, 2022, Pune Branch, had the opportunity to host the National Director of New Acropolis, Yaron Barzilay, for a talk titled Navigating challenges the Stoic Way. The speaker shared a [...]
Artist, Dreamer, Warrior – Different Paths for Living Philosophy
On 23 July 2022, New Acropolis Main Centre hosted an interactive talk titled Artist, Dreamer, Warrior- Creating and Impact in our world Today, the first, in the "Live Adventurously" series of talks. The speaker illustrated [...]
Namma Culture Circle-New Acropolis Bangalore
Namma Culture Circle is an initiative that explores how culture in its various expressions can inspire and enable us to connect to Beauty, Goodness, Justice and Truth as universal human values. It brings [...]
International Organisation New Acropolis Celebrates 65 years
International Organisation New Acropolis (IONA) celebrated its 65th Anniversary on 15th July 2022. Activities were held across the Main Centre in Colaba and Pune Branch to mark the occasion with members putting on performances [...]
Creating an Impact
On 9th July 2022, Pune branch of New Acropolis held a talk titled Artist, Dreamer, Warrior: Creating an Impact in our World Today. The speaker explored how we could bring beauty and harmony into our [...]
Striving for Balance & Harmony
New Acropolis Pune hosted a talk titled ‘Balance and Harmony: Lessons from Confucius’ on Saturday 25th June, 2022. The speaker explored the depth of some of his key quotes, by investigating Confucius’ Analects and shared [...]
Discovering the Art of Sculpture with Arzan Khambatta
On Friday, 24th June 2022, The New Acropolis Culture Circle organised a unique outdoor event- "Insights into Sculpting" - a visit to the art studio of renowned sculptor, Arzan Khambatta. Arzan has been practising [...]
Sapling Plantation using Miyawaki technique by New Acropolis Volunteers
Volunteers of New Acropolis Main Centre organised a workshop and sapling plantation at Jog garden in the Colaba area of Mumbai on 12 June 2022 in association with Emerald Sustainable Foundation and the BMC. [...]
Conquering Fear with Courage
Fear is a common presence in our lives, often acting as a barrier that hinders our progress and decision-making abilities. On September 16, 2023, the New Acropolis Pune branch organized a talk titled 'Overcoming Fear [...]
Exploring Kahlil Gibran’s Timeless Wisdom
Over a century ago, Kahlil Gibran, a poet, painter and philosopher, left us with timeless wisdom through his writings. His emblematic works encourage us to introspect and understand ourselves better. It makes one yearn to [...]
The Quest for Happiness
The quest for a lasting manifestation of happiness, one that transcends the volatile realms of our ever-shifting emotions and psychology, has consistently endured as an ongoing exploration. On 26 August 2023, New Acropolis main centre [...]
Delia Steinberg Guzmán, Honorary President of New Acropolis, dies in Spain
It is with great sadness that we report the death of Delia Steinberg Guzmán, who was President of the International Organization New Acropolis for twenty-nine years, then Honorary President following the appointment of the current [...]
Exploring the Path to Inner Freedom
On 12 August 2023, New Acropolis Main centre hosted a talk "Freedom to Be Yourself," delving into the concept of true freedom and the ability to remain authentic despite external circumstances. The Speakers examined the [...]
Learning to Imagine
On 5th August 2023, New Acropolis Pune hosted an interactive talk titled "Art of Imagination – To turn Challenges to Opportunities ". The speaker investigated the idea of imagination by discussing some key historical examples [...]
Celebrations to Mark 66th Anniversary of International Organisation New Acropolis
Week long celebrations were held in the Mumbai and Pune branches to mark the 66th anniversary on 15th July 2023, of International Organisation New Acropolis. Founded in Argentina by Prof. Jorge Angel Livraga Rizzi [...]
Finding Our Inner Balance
In an increasingly fast-paced and chaotic world, we can perhaps turn to ancient wisdom for guidance in finding inner harmony and balance. New Acropolis main centre hosted a talk titled “Finding my Balance : [...]
Egyptian Key to a Meaningful Life
On Sunday 2nd July 2023, Pune Branch had the opportunity to host the National Director of New Acropolis - Yaron Barzilay, for a talk titled "Weighing of the Heart – Egyptian Key to a Meaningful [...]
Discovering the Musician in Ourselves
In a world brimming with distractions and constant demands, the pursuit of art, beauty and music can be a transformative pathway towards our personal growth. Embracing this philosophy, New Acropolis main centre in Colaba hosted [...]
Practical Lessons from ‘ Kybalion’
On 11th June 2023, New Acropolis Pune hosted an interactive talk titled "My Role in the Universe – Lessons from Kybalion”. This was the third and last event in the “Glimpse into Living Philosophy Course” [...]
The Leader in You: Styles of Leadership
Glimpses from our talk on Styles of Leadership. This interactive session related to topics like individual and shared leadership, feminine and masculine leadership, authentic leadership and more. Participants got to experience practically the nuances that [...]
Wisdom of Confucius and Lao Tsu
On Saturday, 08th June 2019, New Acropolis Bangalore (Indiranagar) hosted a talk, titled ‘Two Chinese Masters : the Wisdom of Confucius and Lao Tsu‘ This talk explored a part of the philosophy from the land [...]
Interactive Presentation of Philosophy of Martial Arts
On Saturday, 8th June 2019, New Acropolis (Main Centre) hosted an interactive Martial Arts session for Friends of New Acropolis and members. Presentation was partly inspired by a book by Fernand Schwarz (Director of New [...]
Tibetan Wall Art Workshop – Back by Popular Demand
In response to popular demand, the Art Products Department at New Acropolis (Main Centre) conducted a second Tibetan wall art workshop on 4th May 2019. Participants were guided to focus on harmony through the balanced [...]
Talk on the Value of Simplicity of Haiku Poetry
On Saturday 13th April 2019, Friends of New Acropolis hosted an interactive talk at the Colaba Centre titled “Wisdom in Simplicity: Exploring Japanese Haiku Poetry”. It was proposed that Haiku poetry, like many classical [...]
Dhrupad Recital at New Acropolis
On 9th March 2019, New Acropolis (Main Centre) hosted Chintan Upadhyay, an exponent of Dhrupad at a recital attended by over 60 guests comprising Friends of New Acropolis and members, titled “An Evening of Dhrupad, [...]
In Conversation with Amish Tripathi
On 2nd February 2019, New Acropolis (Main Centre) hosted an interactive session with author Amish Tripathi for the circle of Friends of New Acropolis, Members and Students. Through the Q&A, Amish explained the reason [...]
Khar Branch visits Elephanta
On the 20th January 2019, members of New Acropolis (Khar Branch), with a few guests, set off on a cultural excursion to Elephanta, across the Mumbai harbor. The site is home to ancient rock cut [...]
Tibetan Motif Painting Workshop
In Tibet, many paintings and art forms were developed as means of expression through which Buddhist philosophy could be explained. To help understand and practice one such art form, the Art Products Department of New [...]
Discovering Swami Vivekananda
On the occasion of Swami Vivekanda’s Birth Anniversary, on 12th January 2019, New Acropolis (Main Centre) hosted an interactive talk for the circle of Friends of New Acropolis and members. Through the talk, participants learnt [...]
Celebrating 10 Years of New Acropolis Bangalore
Celebrating 10 Years of New Acropolis Bangalore with all the people who have been a part of this journey. An anniversary party to share the wonderful memories with members, family and friends. The get-together included [...]
New Acropolis (India) at Bangalore celebrated the International Day of Philosophy 2018
On 17th November 2018, New acropolis Bangalore celebrated the International Day of Philosophy with The Philosophy Habba titled “Maarga: Building Pathways to Change”. The day long event saw many enthusiastic participants partake in diverse [...]
A Morning of Taichi and QiGong
On 11th November 2018, Sifu Carlton Hill who has been teaching Taichi and QiGong for over 40 years, conducted an interactive workshop for members and Friends of New Acropolis, at the Colaba centre of New Acropolis in Mumbai. Sifu [...]
A Visit to the Elderly
On September 10th 2017, Members of New Acropolis (Khar Branch) visited the Cardinal Gracias Home for the Destitute, home to 67 elderly homeless or abandoned women. The morning began with a few group activities, [...]
An ecology volunteering activity
Members volunteers came together to create an ecosystem with a vertical garden and lily pond to enable sustainability of natural forms of life. Over 5 Saturdays, the members built the frame, planted the pots, [...]
Philosophical Cycle Ride
Cycling on Sunday morning in the south of Mumbai can be very educational. So learnt the participants of the “Philosophy on Wheels” bicycle tour on Sunday 9 July 2017. Members of New Acropolis Colaba [...]
Going Green – Tree Plantation at Sanjay Gandhi National Park
The best time to plant a tree was yesterday, the next best time is now”. – An old Chinese saying On a wet Sunday morning of 2nd July, over 60 volunteers consisting of members, [...]
World Environment Day Celebration
What better way to mark Environment day – Vanamahotsava – than to have a meaningful engagement with plants and children! Volunteers of New Acropolis, Bangalore conducted a hands-on educational workshop on 3rd June, 2017, [...]
Art project
Students and Members of New Acropolis got together for an Art project to bring colour, beauty and values to the Government Kannada school at Murphy town [...]
A New Wall, A New Message- Spreading Generosity
A group of over 40 volunteers comprising of members of New Acropolis (Mumbai),and volunteers from UPS and KPMG spent the sunny weekend of 18th and 19th February 2017 beautifying a public wall in Colaba. [...]
New Acropolis at Kala Ghoda Art festival
New Acropolis participated in the Kala Ghoda Art Festival 2017. This event is one of Mumbai’s most popular community events, covering dance, music, theatre, cinema, and hand made arts & crafts. New Acropolis manned [...]
Togetherness Trek to Lohagad
Members from New Acropolis (Main Centre and Khar Branch) decided to make use of a public holiday and set off to scale the historic Lohagad fort on 26 Jan 2017. It was an opportunity [...]
Restoring Truth
On 17 December 2016, volunteers from New Acropolis India North came together to repair the monsoon damage on a section of a public wall in Colaba that was beautified in May 2016. In a [...]
Trek to Karnala Fort
On the 11th December 2016, members of New Acropolis set off on a trek to the historic Karnala Fort situated in the middle of the Karnala Bird Sanctuary, just outside Mumbai. The trek started [...]
Autumn Bazaar
Members and Students of New Acropolis Bangalore donated items ranging from artifacts, books, clothes, kitchen appliances and some beautiful hand made creations. The Bazaar promoted the value of ecology, recycling and reuse. [...]




























































