Seeing Deeply to Live Deeply!
What does it mean to see life more deeply? And where do we find the time to do so, with so much to do every day? These were some of the questions addressed in the [...]
Developing Concentration – The Practical Way
Concentration is something many of us find challenging, with our minds often wandering off in different directions. On 5th February 2022, New Acropolis Main Centre hosted an online talk on the Art of Concentration. The [...]
Search for Meaning
On Saturday 5th February 2022, New Acropolis Pune Branch hosted an online talk titled ‘Search for Purpose: Plato’s Allegory of the Cave’. Drawing on the Greek philosopher’s ideas from one of his most famous works, [...]
Making a Difference, One Meal at a Time
It is said that, no act of kindness however small is ever wasted. Volunteers, students and well wishers of New Acropolis India have once again been busy providing hot cooked vegetarian meals, free of [...]
Exploring the Beauty of Dhrupad with Pelva Naik
Dhrupad is one of the oldest surviving classical styles of Hindustani music, the etymological origin of which comes from ‘dhruva’ which means steady or still and ‘pad’ which means verse. On 29th January 2022, New [...]
Beyond the Roles We Play
Do we really know ourselves? Or do we tend to identify ourselves with the roles we play? These were some of the questions addressed during an online talk Know Yourself – Life Beyond the Daily [...]
Stepping out of our Comfort Zone
It is often said that our comfort zone is a beautiful place, but nothing ever grows there. On 15th January, 2022 , New Acropolis Main Centre hosted a talk titled Is our Comfort zone Really [...]
The Way of the Samurai
Bushido, the code of the ancient Samurai of Japan, holds key insights to living with honour, not just on the battlefield but in every moment of life. To draw inspiration from it, New Acropolis Pune [...]
Exploring Art as a Journey Within – with Artist Olivia Fraser
New Acropolis Culture Circle hosted an event titled Art as a Journey Within with artist Oliva Fraser on 12th December 2021. The session explored painting not merely as a skill, but rather as a [...]
Book Reading & Discussion on The Daily Hero
The heroic spirit lies latent in every human being. We all have the possibility to bring this into our day to day lives. This is to drop our limitations and approach our challenges as opportunities [...]
Celebrating International Volunteers Day at Shantivan Garden
New Acropolis India celebrated International Volunteers day on 5th December 2021 with an Ecological activity at Shantivan gardens. 20 Volunteers participated in efforts to paint and beautify section of the garden wall and a [...]
Blood Donation Drive at N.A. Bangalore
New Acropolis India South in association with Bangalore Medical Services Trust and Rotary Bangalore - organized a blood donation camp at its main center premises in Indiranagar on Nov/21. In view of the tremendous shortage [...]
Dance and Beyond with Nehha Bhatnagar
On 27th November 2021, New Acropolis Culture Circle organised an event titled, Dance and Beyond by Bharatnatyam dancer Nehha Bhatnagar. Nehha is a disciple of Padma Bhushan Dr. Saroja Vaidyanthan, under whose tutelage she learnt [...]
Walking The Talk: Practical Philosophy
New Acropolis India South in association with the Bangalore International Centre, celebrated World Philosophy Day with a panel discussion “Walking The Talk: Practical Philosophy”. The motivation behind the session’s theme was to challenge the idea [...]
New Acropolis India Celebrates World Philosophy Day
World Philosophy Day was introduced in 2002 by UNESCO (United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation) with the objective of using the occasion to effect transformation of society through the contribution of Philosophy. As part [...]
Lessons from Mythology
On 12th November 2021, New Acropolis Pune Branch hosted an online talk titled Awaken your muse - What can Mythology teach us ? The speaker investigated the journey of mythological heroes from two different civilizations, [...]
A Lifetime in Architecture with Padma Bhushan B.V. Doshi.
On 30th October 2021, New Acropolis Culture Circle hosted Padma Bhushan Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi, sharing his life experiences in a talk titled A Lifetime of Architecture. Charting out his early years of learning and practice in [...]
Work with Nature – Planting Sessions
On 24th October 2021, New Acropolis Main Centre organised yet another follow-up to the ongoing ‘Work with Nature’ session at the BMC Rock Garden, Napeansea Road (Shantivan). Working in groups, volunteers worked on two major activities. [...]
Awaken your Imagination
On 23rd Oct 2021, New Acropolis Pune Branch hosted an online talk Awaken your Muse: Learning to Imagine. The speakers investigated the subject of imagination as a tool we can develop in order to create [...]
Work with nature- Composting Session
On 10th October 2021, New Acropolis Colaba organized a follow up to the first Work with Nature session (held on 26 Sept)at the BMC Rock Garden, Nepeansea Road (Shantivan). Volunteers attended to the 4 compost [...]
Seeking Happiness !
The search for Happiness has been a fundamental human search across geography and time. However the search for a sustainable form of happiness, beyond our psychological, and emotional plains which are constantly changing, has remained [...]
Volunteering with a Composting Activity at Shantivan Garden
On 26th September 2021, New Acropolis Main Centre organized a session titled Work with Nature at the BMC Rock Garden, Napeansea Road (Shantivan). To facilitate a more eco friendly waste management, 27 volunteers put [...]
The Pursuit of Truth, The Socratic Way
On 25 September 2021 New Acropolis Main Centre hosted an online talk titled Socrates : A Life of Truth and Courage. The talk focused around the life story of Greek Philosopher Socrates, and how his [...]
Musical Evening with Rasika Shekar
On 18th September 2021, New Acropolis Culture Circle hosted an online event An Evening of Music with classical singer and flautist, Rasika Shekar. Rasika impressed the audience with her versatility, performing a mix of classical [...]
The Way of the Inner Warrior
On 11th March ’23, New Acropolis Pune hosted a talk titled ‘Art of Inner Development: Lessons from Bushido’ Extracting lessons for daily life from the ‘Samurai’, the warrior class from medieval Japan, the speaker highlighted [...]
An Ancient Philosophy for a Happy Life
Can an ancient philosophy teach us how to deal with a modern life? New Acropolis, Main Centre at Colaba hosted a talk titled "A Stoic Guide to Happiness : A Glimpse into Living Philosophy" on [...]
Inspiration from Sacred Architecture
Is there more to life than meets the eye ? New Acropolis Main Centre at Colaba held a public lecture on 11th February 2023 titled "Principles of Life through Sacred Architecture”. Architecture in Egypt has [...]
Living Authentically, the Socratic way
''The unexamined life is not worth living” – Socrates On Saturday 11th February 2023, New Acropolis Pune Branch hosted an interactive talk titled “Dare to be Authentic: Lessons from Socrates”. The speaker used anecdotes from [...]
Growing From Our Mistakes -The Heroic Way
“Can I build myself to not repeat my mistakes, but to learn from them?" This was a question explored in the talk 'The Joy of Making Mistakes: Through Storytelling', hosted by New Acropolis Pune Branch [...]
Life Lessons from Great Warriors
Can we learn some lessons from great warriors besides what we are usually taught in history class? New Acropolis, Colaba, hosted an interactive session on 21st January, 2023 titled Developing Inner Strength: Lessons from Great [...]
Being Present, Through the Art of Origami
The word Origami, from the Japanese ‘oru’ – to fold, and ‘kami’ – paper, denotes the art of folding paper to make beautiful creations. This craft promotes the ability to concentrate and to be [...]
New Acropolis India South celebrated 14 Years
14 Years of invoking love of wisdom among Bangaloreans.... New Acropolis with the pillars of Philosophy, Culture & Volunteering is working towards making a difference in the community. We celebrated our Anniversary on 7th Jan [...]
Striving to Live Authentically
Plato’s Allegory of the cave, though written more than two thousand years ago has continued to fascinate generations of Philosophers searching for wisdom through his writings. New Acropolis Main Centre, hosted an interactive talk titled [...]
Extracting Life lessons from Nature
Do we see ourselves as a part of Nature? If everything in Nature has a purpose, what is our purpose in life? These questions and more were part of the interactive talk organised by [...]
Being the Change
Many of us have good intentions to change the world for the better, but how do we translate our intentions into action? In a talk titled ‘Everyday Volunteer for a Better World’ held at New [...]
Living Philosophy Course Graduation Celebrations
New Acropolis Mumbai Branch celebrated yet another batch of students graduating from its flagship Living Philosophy Course. The 20 week course, provided participants an opportunity to know themselves better, compare insights from various philosophers [...]
New Acropolis’ Wheel of Virtues at Volunteer Fair
On 12th August, 2015, New Acropolis (Mumbai) celebrated International Youth Day by partaking in the US Consulate’s Volunteer Fair at St. Andrew’s College, Bandra. New Acropolis was one of several organizations that promoted the [...]
Viva Colaba Phase II
On 14th, June 2015, New Acropolis Centre (Mumbai), in collaboration with the BMC (Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation) commenced Viva Colaba II, a cleanup and wall painting drive at Rambhau Salgaonker Marg, Colaba The event began [...]
Volunteer Seminar 2015
On the weekend of 23rd – 24th May, 2015, 31 volunteers from Mumbai’s New Acropolis Cultural Centre, took over a small resort nestled within the lush hills of Vasai. The seminar was an opportunity [...]
“Viva Colaba” – A beautification and clean up drive with the BMC
On 18th April 2015, 18 members from the New Acropolis Center in Mumbai participated in a beautification drive, a community service project carried out in the bustling “Colaba” neighborhood of Mumbai. The project titled [...]
The Wheel of Virtue at the Kalaghoda Festival
The New Acropolis Center in Mumbai participated at the Kala Ghoda Festival 2015, via an interactive installation, ‘The Wheel of Virtue – Discover-Awaken-Transform’. The installation is based on an Acropolis International theme. The front of [...]
“MANASHAKTI” Workshop at a Drug Rehabilitation Center
On 10th Jan 2015 the “Active Ecology” department of New Acropolis India North conducted a session to work with Kids of “SUPPORT” a drug rehabilitation center in Mumbai. The program was titled “Manashakti” or [...]
Gateway of India Clean-up Drive
On Sunday 23rd November, volunteers from the New Acropolis center in Mumbai participated in a clean–up drive at the Gateway of India. Equipped with trash-bags, gloves and fair measure of enthusiasm, the team picked up [...]
Inauguration of The Acropolitan
At the recent International Conference on Philosophy and Ecology, held in Budapest (Hungary) between 16th-18th October 2014, the International President of International Organization New Acropolis, Delia Steinberg Guzman, together with the Joint International President, [...]
Cleanup Drive at Nagla Block
The Nagla forest, is a relatively unknown part of Sanjay Gandhi National Park. This peaceful and serene forest was a “school in nature” for 26 participants comprising of college students, school students, a younger [...]
Volunteering with Asha Dan
On the 20th of April, 2014, fourteen volunteers from New Acropolis India North visited Asha Dan, a home for destitute and disabled people started by Mother Theresa in Byculla, Mumbai and run by the [...]
Shantivan Garden Cleaning
On Sunday 9th February 2014, volunteers got together at the Shantivan Garden in Mumbai. This event was led by the New Acropolis Mumbai Center to help clean this nicely forested space in the heart [...]
Baan Ganga Clean-up Drive
On Sunday 15th December 2013, a clean-up drive was organized by New Acropolis Mumbai Branch, at the historical site of Baan Ganga in Mumbai. 23 participants got together to work with the value of [...]