Philosophy of the Raga – A guided Indian Classical Music appreciation
Albert Einstein once said “If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.” [...]
World Philosophy Day 2017 – Empowering Real Change – Philosophy and Art
On 16th November, more than 200 people attended a panel discussion in celebration of UNESCO World Philosophy Day 2017. The event was curated by New Acropolis (India) in association with the National Gallery of Modern [...]
Celebrating 60 years of New Acropolis
On 15th July 2017, New Acropolis celebrated 60 years since its establishment in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The birthday is celebrated in centres around the globe, and 60 years is a special landmark. 60 years [...]
Talk – the Buddha’s path to Happiness (July 2017)
On the evening of July 8th 2017, New Acropolis, Bangalore was the host for this interesting public talk. It revolved around understanding what is misery and what causes it. It emphasized on the practical [...]
Exploring Philosophy through Theatre
All the world’s a stage and all men and women are merely players who have different parts and acts – is a message from William Shakespeare’s work “As you like it” On 1st July 2017, [...]
Cleaning Mumbai’s Mangroves
On 18 June 2017, New Acropolis conducted a cleanup activity of the mangrove wetlands in the Colaba neighborhood of Mumbai with residents of the locality, associates and volunteers. The mangroves are in dire need [...]
Exploring our journey beyond death
It is said that death and taxes are two inevitable truth’s of life. But do we take the time to understand what death is, and therefore what it really means to live? To investigate the [...]
Tagore the Philosopher
New Acropolis main center at Colaba hosted a talk on 10th June, 2017 titled ” An Evening with Tagore”. Rabindranath Tagore is well known as a poet, writer, composer, artist and playwright, this evening explored [...]
The Colour Palette Around Us
“Colour is the place where our brain and the universe meet” said Paul Klee – a Swiss-German artist. On 27th May, 2017 New Acropolis Main centre at Colaba hosted a talk titled “Colour Psychology” to [...]
Unity in Diversity
Shared interests and similarities tend to bring people together. On the other hand our differences have a tendency to create prejudices and pre-conceived notions. On 13th May 2017, New Acropolis main centre at Colaba hosted [...]
Sensing Perceptively
We interact with life using our five basic senses. Anthroposophist Dr. Rudolf Steiner spoke of an additional seven senses to experience and understand the world around us in a better way. On 6th May 2017, [...]
Understanding Einstein The Philosopher
For many, the name of Albert Einstein is synonymous with the word genius. His life is as fascinating as his work and discovery. To investigate some of his life’s work, New Acropolis main centre at [...]