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 [...]
Celebrating Republic Day With A Virtue
On occasion of Republic Day 2023, member volunteers of New Acropolis Pune spent a meaningful morning by sharing inspiration on the streets with a bowl of virtues. Passer by's randomly picked up one virtue [...]
I Can Workshop @ New Acropolis Bangalore
The beautiful I CAN workshop was facilitated by the Maintenance department of New Acropolis, India South. We had an introduction to home tools and also learnt how to work with them. The session also included [...]
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 [...]
The Joy of Volunteering
On 18th January 2023, volunteer-members of New Acropolis Pune branch got together to give the premises of the branch a makeover. Apart from a fresh coat of paint to revive the exterior, it was also [...]
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 [...]
Volunteers Seminar at Manav Bustan
Over 40 volunteer members from New Acropolis Main Centre and Pune branch attended a first of its kind overnight seminar at “Manav Bustan” a centre amidst nature on the weekend of 24 & 25th December [...]
A Philosophical Heritage Walk- The Story of Mumbai
On Sunday, 18th December 2022, New Acropolis Culture Circle hosted a specially curated Walking Tour titled: “The Story of Mumbai -Through the Eyes of a Philosopher”. The event association with Khaki Tours was conducted [...]
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 [...]
A Dhrupad Evening with Pelva Naik
The New Acropolis Culture Circle hosted a musical evening with Pelva Naik on Sunday, 27th November 2022, at the Main centre in Colaba. Pelva accompanied by Shri Jayant Naidu on the Tanpura, enthralled the [...]
New Acropolis Mumbai Hosts a Fun Edition of Philofair
On 26th November, New Acropolis Mumbai branch hosted a fun edition of Philofair after a break of two years. Members, friends of New Acropolis and well wishers hosted stalls ranging from clothing, jewellery, aromatherapy [...]
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 [...]
Meaningful Sunday! A Tree is Born….
Home is where the heart is and volunteers @newacropolisindiasouth came together to add beauty & love to our centre at Indiranagar that we call home under the artistic guidance of @chandiniharlalka . Thank you [...]
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 [...]
Stoic Wisdom for Happy Living
On 2nd December 2023, New Acropolis Main Centre at Colaba organized a talk titled "Living the Good Life: Stoic Lessons for Today." The event explored the renewed interest in Stoic philosophy in our times [...]
Learning the path of concentration
Amidst the constant interruptions in our daily lives, the need to harness ‘Concentration’ as a valuable tool continues to grow. On 1st December 2023, the Pune branch of New Acropolis hosted a talk and book [...]
Interview on Practicality of Philosophy: Radio interview on Fever 94.3 FM Pune
A week before the World Philosophy Day event in Pune called ‘ Victory of Light over Darkness’ , RJ Tarun from Radio Fever 94.3 FM hosted Shraddha Shetty – the branch manager of New [...]
Unveiling Myths : Navigating Life’s Maze
On 17th November 2023, New Acropolis Pune branch hosted a talk titled “Finding a Way out of the Maze – Lessons from Mythology”. The speaker spoke about the idea that all mythologies have symbolic meaning [...]
World Philosophy Day 2023 (Pune) – Theatre celebrating Victory of Light over Darkness
On 4th November 2023, New Acropolis Pune branch, marked World Philosophy day celebrations on the advent of Diwali, through a theatrical presentation titled 'Victory of Light over Darkness' at 'The Base’, a theatre in [...]
World Philosophy Day 2023 (Mumbai) – Panel Discussion on Philosophy’s Role in a Brighter World
New Acropolis Main Centre in Mumbai celebrated World Philosophy day at its Main Centre in Colaba, an event attended by over 80 people. Every year this day, first marked by UNESCO in 2002 is [...]
Balancing the Scales of Life: Exploration of the Way of the Heart
In the midst of complexities of modern existence, can an ancient Egyptian ritual known as the "Weighing of the Heart" serve as a source of inspiration for practical philosophy while also teaching us to [...]
Unlocking Inner Stability to Navigate Uncertainty
We live in a world that is marked by constant change and uncertainty and finding inner stability has become an essential pursuit. New Acropolis hosted a talk titled “ Discovering our Inner Stability” at Anokhi [...]
Practical Learnings From The Life of Socrates
Socrates, renowned as one of the greatest philosophers of our times, continues to inspire us with his dedication to search of truth and his remarkable courage. On Friday 13th October 2023, New Acropolis Pune Branch [...]
Embracing Mistakes: Transforming Within
Mistakes are an inevitable part of life, an intricate thread woven into our personal journeys. On 13th October 2023, New Acropolis Main Centre hosted an evening of story telling, in an event titled "The [...]
Choosing Unity for a Better World
That which is not good for the swarm, neither is it good for the bee.” – Marcus Aurelius (Meditations) On Sunday, 08th October 2023, New Acropolis Pune hosted an evening of storytelling with the central [...]
Unveiling the Self : A Journey of Body, Mind, Soul
In a world where our self-identity is often tied to external factors, a workshop titled Who Am I: Body, Mind or Soul? was hosted by New Acropolis Main Centre on 16 September 2023, to [...]
Learning Through Observation
On 12th October 2019, Culture Circle, presented by New Acropolis, hosted an interactive workshop at the Main Centre titled 'The Art of Observation'. Using the medium of photography, the speaker guided the participants through [...]
Chords of Philosophy Through Music
New Acropolis (Pune Branch) hosted a cultural event ‘Music & Life – An Inward Journey’ on Saturday, 20th October 2019, a Hindustani classical music recital by Kashmira Joshi Sarnobat, who has been singing and playing the tabla since the age of 7. [...]
Arjuna experiential weekend retreat
The recent Arjuna Retreat at New Acropolis was a wonderful opportunity to experience 'Philosophy in Action' ! Through practical sessions of reflection, exercises and group dialogues the participants explored themes of Leadership, Identity, Inner [...]
Philofair 2019!
The annual Philofair was held at New Acropolis (Main Centre) on 5th October 2019, with over 15 stalls exhibiting fares ranging from homemade food, jewellery and clothing. Additionally, a host of practical workshops were [...]
Investigating Tagore’s Search for Truth and Beauty
On 14th September 2019, the Culture Circle of New Acropolis, hosted an event titled ‘Celebrating Tagore through Poetry, Song and Dance’. Bharatanatyam exponent Ms. Vandana Alase Hazra shared her own investigation of Rabindranath Tagore’s [...]
Book Reading of Adi-Parva: giving life to ancient myths
This year, the International Organisation New Acropolis celebrates 62 years since its founding. To commemorate this occasion, the centre at Bangalore invited for books to be received, as gift, by the Library (Takshashila). The [...]
A weekend get-together and picnic (Jayanagar centre)
Over a weekend, we got together to enjoy a day of fun-filled activities meant to bring Philosophy into practice. We met at the New Acropolis Jayanagar centre and then headed across to a large outdoor [...]
Get-together for a movie screening
We gathered to watch a movie, with popcorn and snacks for the right effect! The story traced the journey of ‘one’ who builds his inner strength to win over tremendous challenges. The circumstances allow [...]
Talk on Preserving our Architectural Heritage
On 2nd August 2019, The Culture Circle of New Acropolis hosted a talk at the Colaba Centre by prominent architect Parul Zaveri titled “Heritage, the Foundation of the Future: An Architects Journey.” Parul Zaveri and [...]
Odissi Dance – Lecture Demonstration
On Saturday, 20th July 2019, the Culture Circle of New Acropolis, hosted a lecture-demonstration titled “Odissi – The Sacred Dance”. Priya Singh, a student of Odissi exponent Jhelum Paranjpe, introduced the origins and history [...]
International Organisation New Acropolis Celebrates 62 years
International Organisation New Acropolis observed its 62nd founding Anniversary on 15 July 2019. Activities were held at all the branches in India to mark this special day celebrated by members across 60 countries. On July [...]
Australian Aboriginal Art Workshop
The Art Products Department at New Acropolis (Main Centre) conducted a workshop on Australian Aboriginal Art on 6th July 2019. Aboriginal art is rooted in storytelling, such as dreamtime tales which are said to explain [...]
Coming Together with Harmony
On April 28th, members of New Acropolis spent a special evening engaging with elderly citizens at the Bayview Garden of Cuffe Parade (Mumbai). Joy filled the air as more than fifty senior citizens engaged [...]
Getting hands on with First Aid
On 15 April 2018, a day long certificate program was organised by New Acropolis in association with the Life Supporters Institute of Health Sciences. Fundamentals of First Aid and CPR were explained and practical [...]
Bringing Ecology Home
“The Earth has its Music for those who will Listen.” – William Shakespeare. On Sunday, 11th March 2018, the ‘Friends of New Acropolis’ explored “Philosophy through Ecology at Home” and investigated a deep connection [...]
An afternoon with special children
On Tuesday, 21st February 2018, 8 volunteers from New Acropolis, Colaba spent an afternoon with the children of ADAPT ( Able Disabled All People Together), a school in Navy Nagar in Mumbai. The activity was [...]
The Wheel of Virtues and a Marathon
On Feb 4, 2018 early on a Sunday morning, members of New Acropolis India (Colaba Branch) participated in the Sardar Patel Institute of Technology Marathon. Covering a distance of about 6 kms together. the participants [...]
Picnic in the Park – our 9th anniversary!
7th January, 2018 marked the completion of 9 years of New Acropolis in South India. To mark this occasion, member volunteers and students got together with family and friends for a morning picnic at the [...]
Women’s Evening at Ganesh Murthy Nagar
New Acropolis India launched the “Share Joy and Hope” initiative with a Women’s Evening on 16th December. The event was a lively and warm interaction between women members of Main Centre, Colaba and the women of Ganesh Murthy [...]
Caring for our Coastal Treasures – Restoring Mumbai’s Mangroves
On the weekend of 2nd and 3rd December 2017, New Acropolis India guided a series of activities towards sensitization, cleaning and restoration of Mumbai’s Mangroves. This started with an understanding of the fragility and [...]
A day trip to Elephanta Caves
On Sunday 26th November 2017, the group of Friends of New Acropolis took a day trip to Elephanta Caves to explore the Art, history and Mythology of these rock-cut caves close to Mumbai. A boat ride, a [...]
Reforesting Activity at Sanjay Gandhi National Park
On Sunday the 15th of October, 2017, volunteers from across the city gathered at Sanjay Gandhi National Park for a tree maintenance and rejuvenation activity. Conducted by New Acropolis India, this was a follow-up [...]
Dussera – Overcoming Obstacles (Ganesh Murti Nagar)
Dussehra marks the rise of good over evil. It is believed that the festival signifies how one can get over our obstacles and emerge successful and victorious. On October 2nd 2017, volunteers of New [...]
Seminar- The Philosophy of Ecology
New Acropolis main centre at Colaba hosted a One Day long seminar titled “The Philosophy of Ecology” on Sunday, 17th September 2017. The seminar commenced with a short talk supported by videos and presentations [...]