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At the weekend I managed to complete my first cycling race of the year for Sri Chinmoy Cycling Team. (link) It was a 25 mile time trial and my time…

5 years after Sierra Leone`s brutal civil war ended the Freetown Amputee Football Team gather on Aberdeen Beach to practice for an upcoming match. During the war an estimated 20,000…

Since spending a week in Jamaica, New York, I have spent quite a lot of time in the The Panorama of my silence-heart cafe.  Situated just 2 blocks away from…

Organisers of the World Harmony Run in Cambridge will be attempting to break a new Guinness World Record when the World Harmony Run visits 14th May The record will be…

We have started a new blog about gardening.

When I was studying PPE at Oxford University, I was very keen on gardening and even thought about taking it up as a career (when I got bored reading John Stuart Mill, I would try learning Latin names of plants. My room and corridor was full of cuttings and seedlings. After finishing my degree I got a job as a gardener, at my college Lady Margaret Hall. I worked there for a year before switching to teaching economics

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Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was an intriguing and inspirational figure. In truth I wouldn’t have thought much about him, but my Spiritual teacher Sri Chinmoy saw in him some very illumining qualities.

Netaji braved all
To build a Heaven
Even in hell’s despair.

– Sri Chinmoy [1]

In particular Netaji embodied great heroism and had the power to unite the Indian people

“In the name of God, in the name of by-gone generations who have welded the Indian people into one nation and in the name of the dead heroes who have bequeathed to us a tradition of heroism and self-sacrifice, we call upon the Indian people to rally around our banner and to strike for India’s freedom.”

– Netaji

There is an article here “Replaying History” by Vidagdha about her recent visit to some significant places in Netaji’s life.

at Write Spirit 

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Shane Magee has joined the writing team for our Self Development blog. Shane's first articles included a guide to establishing a regular meditation practice. Useful tips, even for those who…

Some inspiring, some not so inspiring. The inspiring Effective ways to get out of a negative mindset - an article by Tejvan for Sri Chinmoy Inspiration self improvement blog Video…

Life Voices offers a range of interviews with people of inspiration and distinction. In recent episode there is an interview with Mamie Mayanaki about Kyudo an ancient Martial Art form.…

Unmesh shares some beautiful photos from his archive. Here's hoping 2008 is a better year than 2007 - article at self improvement blog Some New Year's resolutions from Priyadarshan's blog…