New Acropolis Hosts Online Session for Rotary Club
On 10 October 2020 New Acropolis Main Centre hosted an online talk for members of Rotary Club Bombay Hills South titled "The Hero’s Journey: What Mythology Can Teach Us". Mythology can be found at the heart [...]
Talk on Design of Form in Traditional Indian Arts.
On 10th Oct, 2020 the Culture Circle, of New Acropolis, hosted an online session titled “From the Formless to the Form” by Miti Desai. Miti is a Classical dancer, designer and educator. Her journey started [...]
A Musical Evening with Rekha Bharadwaj
On the 26th Sept 2020, the Culture Circle New Acropolis hosted an online event entitled, “My Journey in Music: an evening with singer Rekha Bhardwaj”. Rekha, a classically trained, National Award winning artist, sang her favourite [...]
Panel Discussion on the Gift of Uncertainty
On 19 September 2020, New Acropolis India organized an online panel discussion titled " The Gift of Uncertainty". The interactive session attended by close to 100 participants explored, how we can learn to recognise & [...]
Online Session on Reclaiming Our Courage
On Sunday 30th August 2020 New Acropolis Main Centre conducted an online session attended by over 40 participants titled "Philosophical Perspective -Reclaiming Courage". The talk addressed the challenges we face in times of crisis with [...]
Online Panel Discussion on The Search for Happiness
On 27 August 2020, New Acropolis India organised an online panel discussion titled " The Search for Happiness” that was attended by over 90 people. The lecture discussed the concept of the innate need for [...]
Volunteering Activity on Being the Daily Hero
On 23rd August, 2020 Volunteers of New Acropolis (Main Centre) conducted an online activity in collaboration with NGO Kshitij for developmentally challenged adults titled Hum Mein Hai Hero (literally translated as "There is a [...]
Online Workshop on Building Inner Spaces of Inspiration
On Friday, 21 August 2020, Culture Circle of New Acropolis hosted an online workshop titled “Building Inner Spaces of Inspiration” with Shaizia Jifri Manekshaw. Shaizia is founder member and head of content at Theatre Professionals Education, an organisation [...]
Developing Attentive Listening Through Jazz
On 15 August 2020, the Culture Circle of New Acropolis India organized an online event titled "Learning to listen-an evening of Jazz with musician Zubin Balaporia". The speaker took the participants on a musical journey, [...]
New Acropolis Spearheads Global Initiative Celebrating Gandhi’s 150th Birth Anniversary
In early 2017, New Acropolis conceived Empowering Real Change, an ongoing series of events to examine the journeys of leading change-makers, and to empower individual citizens to proactively participate in the vision of forging a [...]
Solidarity with our Senior Citizens
On 31st July 2020, Volunteers of New Acropolis (Main Centre) conducted an online activity with an Old Age Home, BHN Pro Age India (Juhu). The event was titled “Zindagi: Ek Suhana Safar”, literally translated as [...]
Talk on the Philosophy of Tagore
On 28th July 2020, New Acropolis India hosted an online talk titled "Tagore, The Poet Philosopher". Through recitations of a few poems, the speaker shed light on philosophical themes such as beauty, harmony and unity. [...]
In the Footsteps of Heroes
On 25th July 2020, New Acropolis organised an online panel discussion titled “The Hero’s Journey”. The presentation came together as a collaboration between the Main Centre in Colaba, and our branches in Khar and Pune. [...]
Understanding the Butterfly Effect
On 24th July 2020, New Acropolis organised an online discussion titled "The Butterfly Effect". The talk elaborated on the interconnectedness of life, showcasing how small causes can have momentous effect. Exploring the concept through a [...]
Exploring the Philosophy of Khalil Gibran
On 18th July 2020, the Culture Circle of New Acropolis India organized an online talk titled "Khahlil Gibran - The Timeless Teachings of the Philosopher Poet”. Through recitations, excerpts of Gibran’s work were investigated, highlighting [...]
Talk on Exploring Human Relationships
On 16th July 2020, New Acropolis India organised an online session titled “Exploring Human Relationships". The discussion explored different perspectives on various relationships we have in our lives, proposing the importance of improving our own [...]
July 2020 Issue of The Acropolitan Magazine
New Acropolis releases the latest issue of The Acropolitan Magazine. Tune in at theacropolitan.in to view the magazine online, or to download a pdf to view offline. This issue invites readers to explore the values [...]
International Organisation New Acropolis Celebrates its 63rd Anniversary
Represented in over 60 countries worldwide, International Organisation New Acropolis (IONA) celebrates its 63rd anniversary on 15 July 2020. Over the past six decades, the organisation has endeavoured to spread the ideals of Fraternity, Knowledge [...]
Exploring Aboriginal Art
On 11 July 2020, Culture Circle of New Acropolis conducted an online “Workshop on Aboriginal Art”. A creation myth called Dreaming or Dreamtime was elucidated through a discussion of its symbolic dot-making technique. The [...]
Creative Writing
On 9th July 2020, New Acropolis India hosted an online workshop titled "Say it with Words: The Art of Writing from the Heart”. Using inspirational poems, quotes and posters the speaker shared how aspiring writers [...]
Solidarity Through Online Sessions During Lockdown
Although under confinement of our homes through the past 4 months, New Acropolis Cultural Organization (India) hosted a series of interactive online activities called “Philosophy in Corona Days”. Close to 60 sessions, each curated [...]
Connecting through Technology – An initiative for senior citizens
New Acropolis India (Bangalore) has launched a special volunteering initiative called CONNECT, which aims to empower senior citizens in these challenging times. The launch of the initiative took the form of an hour-long online [...]
Living Life as an Everyday Hero
On Sunday, 14th June 2020, New Acropolis India conducted an online session titled 'Everyday Heroes' as a part of the 'Philosophy in Corona Days' series of online member activities. The talk used inspiring scenes from [...]
Appointment of the New International President
Carlos Adelantado Puchal, President of IONA On the occasion of the ordinary General Assembly of the International Organization New Acropolis, and in view of the resignation of the previous President, the appointment of [...]
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 [...]
Learnings from Socrates
In an interactive talk titled ‘Socrates: a life of Truth and Courage’ hosted by New Acropolis Pune branch on Saturday 28th May, 2022, the speaker invited the audience to investigate what it means to stand [...]
Uniting Ideas and Actions Towards Happiness
Can philosophy help us forge our own path towards wisdom and happiness ? This was the topic investigated on 28 May 2022 at New Acropolis Main Centre in a session titled “ Way of the [...]
Searching for Meaning: Through Ancient Egypt
On 14th May 2022, New Acropolis Main Centre hosted a talk titled Ancient Egypt : The Search for Meaning to explore more about the philosophical essence behind this enigmatic civilisation. The speaker proposed that this [...]
New Acropolis Library Celebrates a New Milestone !
The New Acropolis English Library recently crossed a milestone of completing 500 articles, covering a host of topics such as Philosophy, Mythology, Culture, Society, Science, Psychology and many more. All articles are written by fellow [...]
Connecting with Mother Earth
Contemplating on Mother Nature and sharing those insights with a group of nature enthusiasts, sowing seeds of virtues along with planting saplings – these were some of the activities conducted at New Acropolis Pune, [...]
A Life Of Inner Renewal
Leonardo da Vinci was one of the leading artists and inventors during the Renaissance movement in Europe towards a revival of ancient humanistic values. A talk titled ‘Inner Renaissance: lessons from Leonardo da Vinci’ held [...]
The New Acropolis International Yearbook 2022
For over 64 years, New Acropolis International Organization has been working to bring Philosophy to daily life. Based on the three Principles of Philosophy, Culture and Volunteering the organisation strives to spread the ideals of [...]