Education for Transformation with Prof T.S. Powdyel
On August 28th 2021, New Acropolis Culture Circle hosted an event with Prof. Thakur S. Powdyel, the former Education Minister of Bhutan, who spoke on Education, The Noble Sector. Through the talk he shared the [...]
Daring to Choose
How do we make truly meaningful choices? Many of us face situations in our life where we need to make a choice. On 25th August’21, New Acropolis Pune Branch hosted an online interactive talk titled [...]
Diamond Path to Transforming the Heart
The Diamond, is a very precious gem, not only in terms of value, but also as a metaphor to the magic hidden in its symbolism. To explore this, New Acropolis Main Centre hosted an online [...]
Exploring Karma, Destiny & Free Will
On 14th August 2021, New Acropolis Pune Branch hosted an online interactive talk titled Karma, Destiny & Free Will followed by a Q&A session. The speaker investigated each of these concepts and used real life examples [...]
New Acropolis Organises Blood Donation Drive
To support the acute shortage of blood in our city’s blood banks due to the ongoing pandemic, New Acropolis’ Volunteer Aid Team organised a blood donation camp at the Main Centre in Colaba on [...]
A Meaningful Life – The Stoic Way
"Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be One" - Marcus Aurelius All of us inherently want to be good and happy, but how can we strive towards this and make [...]
Volunteering with an Immunity Kit Distribution Drive
On 30th July 2021, volunteers of New Acropolis Main Centre distributed 120 immunity kits to families residing in the neighbouring Geeta Nagar Slum community. Volunteers organised awareness briefings, explaining the importance of maintaining one's [...]
Exploring the Yoga Sutras with Raghu Ananthanarayanan
On 24th July 2021 The New Acropolis Culture Circle hosted an online talk on the Yoga Sutras of sage Patanjali by Raghu Ananthanarayanan. He clarified how yoga, often misinterpreted in modern times, is much beyond [...]
Making the Mind our Best Friend
On 13 July 2021, New Acropolis Main Centre hosted a talk titled The Mind our Best Friend or Worst Enemy ? The panelists shared how our mind often creates obstacles that we struggle to overcome [...]
Talk on Turning Intention into Action
On Saturday 10th July 2021, New Acropolis Main Centre conducted an online session titled Could’ve, Would’ve, Should’ve… Turning Intention into Action. The talk explored the gap between transforming our intentions into actions and explored how [...]
Lessons from the Myth of Hercules
On 3rd July 2021, New Acropolis Pune Branch hosted an online interactive talk titled The Hercules within Me. The speaker explored the journey of the Greek mythical hero Hercules who courageously surpassed various trials that [...]
New Acropolis recognised for its Plateful of Love Initiative.
SuRc, a clothing brand promoting zero wastage garment manufacturing , recently planted 1000 saplings to celebrate World Environment Day, in the name of Covid Warriors as a gesture of gratitude for making a difference to [...]
Finding our Purpose through Plato’s Timeless Classic
On Saturday 26th June 2021, New Acropolis Main Centre conducted a talk titled The Search for Purpose: Plato’s Allegory of the Cave. The speaker shared how the allegory symbolically represents our enchainment to the world [...]
In Conversation with Author Bhavna Roy on Dharma
On 19th June 2021, New Acropolis main centre organized an intimate discussion on Dharma the newly released book co - authored by Bhavna Roy. Bhavna is an avid storyteller, author and member of New Acropolis. She [...]
Inner Path Towards Clarity
On 12th Jun’21, New Acropolis Pune Branch organised an interactive online talk on The Art of Inner Development Based on the teachings of the eight-fold path of Buddhism, the speakers suggested that applying those teachings [...]
Renaissance: Here and Now!
On 5th June 2021, New Acropolis Pune Branch organised an online event titled Revival of the Renaissance. The talk took inspiration from the Renaissance movement that originated in Europe between 14th and 16th century. [...]
Online Talk on the Art of Concentration
On Saturday 29th May 2021 New Acropolis Main Centre conducted an online presentation on “The Art of Concentration.” The talk investigated how we can bring more focus and depth to our daily lives. The speaker [...]
The Way of Courage
On 22nd May’21, New Acropolis Pune Branch organised an online event on Fear and the way of Courage. The talk covered the various aspects of fear we encounter in our lives and how to overcome [...]
Exploring the Wisdom of Vaastu with Sashikala Ananth
On 22nd May 2021, New Acropolis Culture Circle hosted an online session titled the “Wisdom of Vaastu with Sashikala Ananth”. The talk demystified concepts around this ancient science form and its main principles. Using various [...]
A Plateful of Love Initiative
The Plateful of Love initiative launched by New Acropolis during the second wave of the pandemic, was aimed at lending a helping hand to those affected by Covid and not able to have simple home cooked [...]
Finding Stability Within Change
On Saturday 15th May 2021 New Acropolis (Main Centre) conducted an online session titled “Finding stability within change”. The session explored the challenge of maintaining stability in the face of ever changing circumstances. The lecturer [...]
Celebrating Earth Day 2021 with Home Ecology Seminar
On 25th April 2021, volunteers of New Acropolis India (Main Centre) hosted an online Home Ecology Seminar to mark the occasion of Earth Day 2021. The event was attended by 70 participants. The talk and [...]
Sufi Music: A Bridge To The Divine
On the 17th of April 2021, New Acropolis Culture Circle hosted an evening of Sufi music (online) with singer Radhika Sood Nayak. A disciple of Shri Dayal Thakur, Radhika’s romance with Sufi music began with [...]
The Universe and I
On 10th April’21, New Acropolis Pune Branch organized an online event titled ‘Our role in the universe’ Drawing from the teachings, across different ancient traditions, the speaker made a reference to certain timeless universal principles. [...]
Celebrating World Philosophy Day: New Acropolis India South
A gathering of philosophers on a typical #Bangalore evening (complete with November Rain :-) ) to celebrate #worldphilosophyday. Inspiring panel discussion, tender performance, riveting Q&A session around the Meaning of Symbols, made the evening extra [...]
New Acropolis Mumbai and Pune Celebrate World Philosophy Day
New Acropolis India celebrated World Philosophy Day across Mumbai and Pune with close to 300 attendees in both cities. This was part of a global commemoration of World Philosophy Day in over 50 countries by [...]
Making a Decisive Choice
On Sunday 6th November 2022, New Acropolis Pune branch hosted a talk titled ‘Arjuna’s Dilemma: Daring to Choose.’ The topic drew a wide audience across age groups, indicating an interest in daring to make a [...]
Bringing Stability to Our Lives
In a world thats rapidly changing, many of us are trying to find stability…but how do we do this ? New Acropolis Main Centre hosted an interactive talk on 5th November 2022 titled ‘Finding Stability [...]
New Acropolis India Turns a Sweet 16
2nd November 2022, marked the 16th anniversary of the founding of New Acropolis in India and the event was marked by over over sixty members coming together to celebrate across its Mumbai and Pune [...]
Sacred Architecture Across Cultures
A closer look shows us that there appear to be similarities in monuments across cultures. Is there a unifying principle expressed in architecture around the world, that we can investigate? This was the theme explored [...]
Volunteering for a Better World
Many of us want to bring about a change and make the world around us better. But what does this take ? New Acropolis Main Centre hosted an interactive talk on 29th October 2022 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Active Volunteer Seminar
On 1st of December 2013, 30 volunteers from the New Acropolis Mumbai Centre participated in a day long seminar at Mandwa, a venue at a 45 minute ferry ride from Mumbai. The seminar consisted [...]
Nalanda Library Event – Book Registration
On Saturday, November 23rd 2013, members of the New Acropolis Mumbai got together to work on “Nalanda” the library at the Center. The activity of the day was book registration. The activity was well [...]
Volunteering at the Door Step school
On 22nd September, 2013, 17 volunteers including the Active Ecology Team, students of the WOW (World Of Wisdom) course and their teachers helped to renovate a community school (‘Balwadi’) located in the slums of Cuff [...]
First Aid Workshop
On 14th April 2013, a group of 26 enthusiastic participants gathered early on a Sunday morning at the New Acropolis Mumbai Center to learn the essential basics of First Aid. This One day practical [...]
New Acropolis Cleans Ban Ganga!
Ban Ganga (a spring believed to be created by the arrow of Lord Ram himself) is one of the last surviving cultural and historical sites left in Mumbai. On the 9th of December 2012, [...]
Timeless Tales, a community project by for the retired and aged
On the 12th of May 2012, New Acropolis’ “Active Ecology Team” ventured into an old age home for ladies located at Mazgaon, Mumbai called All Saints Home to share precious moments of happiness, inspiration [...]
New Acropolis – India conducted it’s first community service project, ‘Give-Grow-Glow’
Inspired by the occasion of Diwali, ‘The Festival of Light’, New Acropolis – India conducted it’s first community service project, ‘Give-Grow-Glow’. The project involved facilitating an interaction and exchange of gifts between two groups of [...]