Albert Einstein: The Life of a Seeker
On 10th April’2021, New Acropolis Pune Branch organized an online event on ‘A meeting with Albert Einstein’. During the interactive session, the speaker shared some of the important events of Einstein’s life history. She highlighted that [...]
The Joy of Classical Music with Pianist Fali Pavri
On 3rd April 2021, The Culture Circle presented by New Acropolis, hosted a musical evening with Pianist Fali Pavri. Fali is Associate Head of Keyboard and Professor of Piano at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland [...]
Tagore’s Gitanjali, The Life Philosophy of a Noble laureate with Prof Ananda Lal
On 29th March 2021, Culture Circle presented by New Acropolis conducted an online session on RabindranathTagore’s Nobel Prize winning work Gitanjali, by Prof. Ananda Lal.Prof Ananda Lal completed his Phd from University of Illinois USA, [...]
The Daily Hero
What is freedom? How we can find the courage to live it? Some of us probably grapple with such questions at some point in our lives . Many such questions & the underlying principles were [...]
Sacred Geometry : Understanding Nature’s Language
On the 13th of March 2021, Culture Circle presented by New Acropolis hosted an online talk on Sacred Geometry - an exploration of profound patterns found in art, architecture and nature by Adam Williamson. Adam Williamson is a skilled [...]
Being Good the Stoic Way
Of things some are in our power, and others are not’ - Epictetus What then, can we change? How can we be happy? These were some of the concepts explored in the book reading session [...]
The Joy of Volunteering
‘Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.’ – Dalai Lama Philosopher-volunteers at New Acropolis Pune branch participated in a volunteering session called 'Philosophy in Action' on Sunday 7th March, with [...]
Lessons from ‘Bushido – The Soul of Japan’
On Saturday 6th March 2021, New Acropolis Pune Branch hosted an online event 'Let's Live: Reviving the Spirit of the Samurai’. It was the third of four book reading sessions in the series called 'Let's Live [...]
Sow a Seed of Virtue Today
On a busy evening, at a corner of MG road on 1 March 2021, having maintained all safety protocols, Volunteers of New Acropolis Pune Branch participated in an interactive activity with the ' Wheel of [...]
Searching for Beauty in the Everyday with Filmmaker Sooni Taraporevala
On February 27 2021 , Culture Circle presented by New Acropolis hosted photographer, film director, Padma Shri Sooni Taraporevala in a Tete a Tete. Quoting her everlasting hero, photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson, “To me photography is [...]
Learning to Concentrate
On 20 February 2021, New Acropolis Pune Branch hosted an online event "Let's Live: Learning to Concentrate". This was the second of four book reading sessions in the series called 'Let's Live the Timeless Treasures' [...]
Discovering History, a Living Legacy with Mini Menon
On 20th February 2021, the Culture Circle presented by New Acropolis India connected an online session titled “On History, a Living Legacy”, with Co-Founder and Editor of Live History India, Mini Menon. Mini Menon is [...]
Keeping it Simple
On 13th February 2021, New Acropolis Main Centre hosted a panel discussion titled “Seeking Simplicity” to explore how simplicity can bring more clarity and fulfilment in our lives. The speakers shared the need for simplicity [...]
Becoming a Warrior of Peace
'Can we bring peace outside, if there is violence inside?' Many such questions were explored over the online interactive book reading session which was first in the series of 4 events called ' Let's live [...]
Going Green – Beautifying our Colaba Centre !
On Saturday 6 February 2021, volunteers from New Acropolis (Main Centre) got together to overhaul and replenish the garden bed surrounding the building premises hosting the school. Volunteers had fun changing the soil, mixing [...]
Talk on Transcending the Grammar of Music with Singer Tara Kini
On 30th January 2021, the Culture Circle presented by New Acropolis, hosted Hindustani classical singer and educator Tara Kini at an event titled “Transcending the Grammar of Music” Through the talk Tara explained the framework [...]
An Authentic Life – In Conversation with Padma Shri Sudha Murthy
On 23rd January the Culture Circle, presented by New Acropolis India, hosted a conversation with Padma Shri, Sudha Murthy. Sudhaji shared her experience as a writer and how sensitivity and keen observation can help can [...]
Panel Discussion on a Philosophers Guide to a New and Improved 2021
On 16th Jan 2021, New Acropolis India hosted a panel discussion titled "A philosophers guide to a new and improved 2021”. The speakers shared how with the advent of the new year, we tend to [...]
New Acropolis Volunteers Conduct Clean-Up at Shantivan Garden
On 10th January 2021, Volunteers of New Acropolis Mumbai conducted a clean-up activity at Shantivan Garden, Malabar Hill. Volunteers cleared organic waste accumulated after the monsoons, also using the activity as an opportunity to [...]
Audio Articles on New Acropolis Library
In an initiative to make the New Acropolis English Library more accessible, we have added a new feature for Audio Articles. These are audio recordings of our articles for your easy listening. We already have [...]
Online talk on “How we Experience the World “
On December 19th Culture Circle hosted “How we experience the world”, a lively and interactive event with neuroscientist Shubha Tole. Dr. Tole is a neuroscientist and Dean of Graduate Studies at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai where her [...]
Volunteering with Ladies of Bapnughar Shelterhome
On 18th December 2020, Volunteers of New Acropolis Main Centre conducted an online activity with Bap-nu-ghar, a shelter home for women. The event facilitated reflections and heart to heart conversations between the women and volunteers [...]
An Interactive Kathak Session with Seema Mehta
On 7th December, the Culture Circle presented by New Acropolis hosted an online dance session titled “Ta Thei-i : Embodying the union of the Earth with the Divine”, with Kathak dancer Seema Mehta. A [...]
New Acropolis India Celebrates World Philosophy Day with Panel Discussion
On 21 November 2020, New Acropolis India hosted a panel discussion titled “Awakening your Inner Muse" to mark and celebrate World Philosophy Day. A collaborative effort of New Acropolis Bangalore, Mumbai and Pune, the event [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Overcoming Fears
On 4th June 2022, New Acropolis Pune held a talk on ' About Fear and the Way of Courage' on an open aired terrace with volunteers and explorers investigating a practical path to develop courage. [...]
Choosing Wisely
Fear of the consequences is one of the reasons many hesitate to make a choice. On Saturday, 4th June 2022 New Acropolis, Main Centre, held a talk titled "Arjuna's dilemma : Daring to choose". The [...]
An Evening of Painting and Poetry
Members of New Acropolis Pune and students of the Living Philosophy course got together to participate in a painting and poetry writing session, on 29th May, 2022. The event promoted the idea of an artist [...]