Talk on Transforming Ourselves Through Change
Dealing with change can be difficult for many. But it is said that great things never come from comfort zones. On 27 April 2019, New Acropolis (Main Centre) organized a talk titled “Embracing Change” to [...]
Investigating Living Beyond Survival
On Saturday 20th April 2019, New Acropolis (Khar Branch) hosted a talk titled “Don’t just Survive. Live!” The speaker explored the concept of a “meaningful life”, beyond mere survival, from a philosophical perspective with an [...]
Talk On Facing Challenges Heroically
On Saturday 6th April 2019, New Acropolis (Pune Branch) hosted a talk titled ‘The Hercules Within Me .’ The discussion explored how the mythological Greek hero Hercules faced and overcame challenges. Through the session, the [...]
Exploring the Meaning of a Knight In Our Times
Most of us imagine Chivalry as a feature of Medieval Europe; knights in shining armour, riding their steeds. But to explore the concept of what it means to be a knight in our times, New [...]
Conference Resolution Published: Empowering Real Change – Leadership for a Better World
New Acropolis Cultural Organization publishes a Resolution based on the conference Empowering Real Change: Leadership for a Better World held on 15th December 2018 towards the celebration of 150 years of the birth of Gandhiji. The conference had 260 [...]
Talk on Doing Less and Being More
On Saturday 16th March 2019, New Acropolis (Pune Branch) hosted a talk titled ‘Human Being or Human Doing’. The talk explored the challenge of constant busyness as perhaps detrimental to our true development as human [...]
Exploring Harmony through Teachings of Confucius
On 16th of March 2019, New Acropolis (Khar Branch) hosted a talk titled “Balance and Harmony: Confucius’ Teachings”. As a pillar of the Chinese philosophical tradition, the speaker highlighted Confucius’ teaching about the importance of [...]
Exercising Freedom of Choice
New Acropolis (Pune Branch) held a talk called “Daring to Choose” on 2nd March 2019, at which the speaker investigated the idea of Freedom of Choice, as proposed by ancient philosophers. Using various practical examples, [...]
Bringing Nature’s Music to Life
On 2nd March 2019, New Acropolis (Khar Branch) hosted a talk on “Listening to the Music of Nature”. The speaker explored the deep relationship between Music, Nature and Human Beings, observing that by distancing ourselves [...]
Inaugural talk at Jayanagar branch of New Acropolis
A special occasion for New Acropolis – South India, as the Jayanagar branch opened it’s doors to the people of Bangalore. Over 30 people attended the talk on the important topic of The Art [...]
Cultivating Contentment- The Stoic Way
Human desire is often said to be like a well that never fills; we always want more. But what if it is possible to choose to be content? To explore this subject, New Acropolis (Main [...]
Keeping it Simple
On 9th February 2019, New Acropolis (Khar Branch) hosted a public lecture titled “Seeking Simplicity”. Using various examples from day-to-day life, the speaker demonstrated that circumstances and situations often only appear complicated due to our [...]