Video to Showcase New Acropolis Activities Around the Globe
International Organisation New Acropolis (IONA) releases its annual video to showcase activities conducted by each of its associate organizations in 2019, across 60 countries around the globe. IONA was founded in 1957 by Prof. Jorge [...]
International Video Collaboration Promoting Solidarity and Hope
Members across the globe of International Organization New Acropolis managed to collaborate in order to produce a video message to spread the sentiment of unity, despite the technical challenges that arise from the global lockdown. [...]
Practice of Concentration Through Meditative Art
On Monday, 20th April 2020, as a part of the 'Philosophy During Corona Days' series, New Acropolis (Main Center) hosted an online session on 'Meditative Art'. The goal of the activity was to practice [...]
Member Activities During Corona Days
During the weeks of the lockdown in April 2020, New Acropolis India hosted a series of online engagement activities for members and Friends of New Acropolis titled ‘Philosophy in Corona Days’. The activities were [...]
Special Message from National Director
National Director of New Acropolis Cultural Organization (India), Mr. Yaron Barzilay, shared a special message in the April 2020 issue of The Acropolitan Magazine. In this message Yaron proposes how we could each use the [...]
New Acropolis Releases Int’l Yearbook 2020
International Organisation New Acropolis (IONA) releases its Yearbook 2020 showcasing activities held in over 60 countries around the world. For the past 62 years, IONA has been working to make philosophy practical in everyday life; [...]
Publication on Global Initiative Celebrating 150 Years of Gandhi
New Acropolis Cultural Organisation in India recently launched a global publication highlighting 199 events organised across 130 cities in 37 countries as part of a global initiative honouring Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary. This initiative [...]
Beautifying our School at Khar
On the weekend of 11th-12th January 2020, member volunteers of New Acropolis (Khar Branch) got together to beautify the vicinity of the building that houses the school premises. The activity served as an opportunity [...]
A cultural get-together at the Jayanagar branch of New Acropolis (India)
A cultural get-together at the Jayanagar branch of New Acropolis (India). An evening of getting to know each other through our roots, and a beautiful sitar performance! [...]
Ayurveda – a Philosophical Approach
On Saturday, 22nd February 2020, the Culture Circle of New Acropolis hosted a lecture titled "Ayurveda - A Philosophical Approach" by Prof. Ushma Williams. The speaker explained that the word Ayurveda is derived from the [...]
Talk on Buddha’s Path of Happiness
On Saturday, 15th February 2020, New Acropolis (Main Center) hosted a talk titled 'Buddha's Path of Happiness' in an attempt to explore the Buddha’s message by extracting lessons from his life and teachings. The transformation [...]
Talk on Making our Life Count
On Saturday, 15th February 2020, New Acropolis (Khar Branch) hosted a talk titled ‘Make your Life Count: Tips from Emperor Marcus Aurelius’. Using excerpts from the published diary of Stoic Emperor Marcus Aurelius, the speaker [...]
Bringing Stories Alive with Children from Angel Express
On Saturday, 15th February 2020, members and volunteers of New Acropolis (Main Center) conducted an activity titled "Bringing Stories Alive" with children in the age group of 8 to 14 years. This session was [...]
Awakening the Inner Disciple
On Saturday, 8th February 2020, New Acropolis (Main Center) hosted a lecture titled 'Ankor - The Last Prince of Atlantis', based on the book written by founder of New Acropolis International Organisation, Prof. Jorge Angel [...]
Musings on Destiny
On Sunday 2nd February 2020, Shraddha Shetty, Branch Manager of New Acropolis (Pune Branch) presented a talk titled ‘Can I Be the Master of my Destiny?’ in the relaxed atmosphere of the Happy Place Café in Koregaon Park (Pune). [...]
New Acropolis celebrated its 11th anniversary, with Alice!
New Acropolis (at Bangalore) celebrated its 11th anniversary. And what a fun party it was! The theme was based on Alice’s Wonderland and the setting inspired by the mad tea party. Everything was vibrant, [...]
Working Together to beautify spaces.
This enthusiastic group got together, this past week, for some hands-on activities. Overall, it was a lovely evening of being and working together.The focus was to feel connected to the joys of Volunteering, active-work [...]
Spreading the Spirit of Fraternity at the Tata Mumbai Marathon 2020
On 19th January 2020, volunteer-members of New Acropolis India participated in the annual Tata Mumbai Marathon to demonstrate a spirit of fraternity and solidarity. The occasion was used to raise awareness of the school [...]
Relieving Anxiety through Philosophical Clarity
On Saturday 18th January 2020, New Acropolis (Pune Branch) hosted a talk titled ‘From Anxiety to Clarity’. Through philosophy and humorous anecdotes, the speaker offered ideas to help deal with the fog of anxiety in a [...]
Volunteers beautify the space at Vidyaranya.
To beautify the living spaces, volunteers from New Acropolis (India) visited Vidyaranya. This is a school & home meant to provide a better life for children from families of difficult socio-economic background. We all [...]
Cultivating Mindfulness through Concentration
On 18th January 2020, New Acropolis (Main Center) hosted a talk titled “The Art of Concentration” by National Director of New Acropolis India, Mr. Yaron Barzilay, attended by over 50 members and guests. The talk [...]
New Acropolis Features in the Indian Express
On 17th January 2020, the efforts of New Acropolis India and its associate organizations worldwide were featured by Indian Express, a leading Indian Daily. The article highlighted the 200+ events held across 37 countries worldwide, [...]
Talk on Leadership by Example
On Saturday, 11th January 2020, New Acropolis (Khar Branch) hosted a talk titled "Becoming a True Leader" to explore the importance of leadership in our world, and the necessary attributes required of a real leader [...]
Experiencing the Essence of Kathak
On Saturday, 11th January 2020, the Culture Circle of New Acropolis hosted a performance and talk on a classical Indian dance form by Gauri Sharma Tripathi titled ‘The Essence of Kathak’. Gauri presented the history [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]