Celebrating Mother Earth Day at New Acropolis Bangalore
The volunteers of New Acropolis, Bangalore organised two meaningful workshops to help the community pause & connect with the gifts of Nature this **Mother Earth Day**. A practical Composting Workshop organised in association with [...]
The New Acropolis International Yearbook 2023
Having completed 65 years of it’s founding, New Acropolis International Organization has continued to offer the path of practical Philosophy as away of life. Through it’s pillars of Philosophy, Culture and Volunteering, the organisation offers [...]
Life, the biggest adventure of All!
From the series “Memoirs of My Philosophical Journey” “It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery Through this Talk [...]
Work With Clay Workshop
Members from New Acropolis Main Centre, Colaba, spent a happy, creative Sunday morning on 16th April 2023, learning to make handmade products in clay at the Clay and I studio in Charni Road, Mumbai. [...]
New Acropolis Pune Members Work With Nature At Manav Bustan
International Mother Earth Day has been celebrated globally on 22 April every year since its adoption in 2009 by the United Nations General Assembly. Members of New Acropolis Pune Branch marked this event with a [...]
Welcoming Spring at New Acropolis Bangalore
"Happiness held is the seed. Happiness shared is the flower." As Bangalore blossoms begin to warm the hearts reminding us of spring, the philosophers of New Acropolis India South got together to celebrate the [...]
The Heroic Path to Victory
Inspite of his Fears, the Hero fights with Courage for Victory - Delia Steinberg Guzmãn(Honorary International President of New Acropolis) New Acropolis, Main Centre at Colaba hosted a talk on Sunday, 2nd April 2023 discussing [...]
Paving the Path to Victory – The Heroic Way
“What distinguishes the hero from someone who has not yet become one is that the Hero rises above his fear.” – Delia Steinberg Guzmãn On 2nd April 2023, New Acropolis Pune Branch hosted a book [...]
Graduates of Living Philosophy 2022 at New Acropolis Bangalore
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Our students of Living Philosophy started their journey of Knowing Themselves by taking small steps & engaging in our very practical foundational course [...]
Architecture: Transforming the World Brick by Brick
The New Acropolis Culture Circle hosted a studio visit and discussion with architect Sameep Padora on Friday, 31st March 2023. The conversation explored the philosophical values and principles which make his work not just [...]
Mangrove Clean Up Drive
On the 26th of March 2023, 30 volunteers participated in cleaning up the Mangrove habitat in the Colaba area. The clean up was in many ways an attempt to restore some balance inadvertently caused by [...]
Daily Life Lessons from The Buddha’s Teachings
On 26th March ’23, New Acropolis Pune hosted a talk titled Paving the Path of Truth: Lessons from the Dhammapada. The speaker narrated the life story of Buddha as per tradition, and drew lessons for [...]
Discovering the Hero in Me
New Acropolis Main Centre at Colaba hosted a talk on 25th March '23, titled Discovering The Hero Within : Lessons from Mythology. The speaker illustrated the fact that all myths have a truth that we [...]
Celebrating a Fraternity Evening to Welcome Spring
Over 90 members of New Acropolis Main Centre in Colaba got together on 14 March 2023 to welcome Spring. The new season is a time to mark the expression of renewal and revival, which [...]
Living our Purpose Through the Art of Concentration
New Acropolis, Main Centre at Colaba hosted a talk on 11th March titled The Art of Concentration: A Glimpse into Living Philosophy. The speaker illustrated how we could use concentration as a tool to help [...]
The Way of the Inner Warrior
On 11th March ’23, New Acropolis Pune hosted a talk titled ‘Art of Inner Development: Lessons from Bushido’ Extracting lessons for daily life from the ‘Samurai’, the warrior class from medieval Japan, the speaker highlighted [...]
An Ancient Philosophy for a Happy Life
Can an ancient philosophy teach us how to deal with a modern life? New Acropolis, Main Centre at Colaba hosted a talk titled "A Stoic Guide to Happiness : A Glimpse into Living Philosophy" on [...]
A meaningful Sunday with #newacropoliscommunitreecircle
New Acropolis CommuniTree Volunteering Circle organised an energetic hands on workshop to experience living in harmony with nature. Families and individuals participated in our activities to connect with people and our environment. The workshop [...]
Painting in the Park with Purnima Sampat
‘Every child is an artiste. The problem is how to remain an artiste when we grow up’. - Picasso The New Acropolis Culture Circle hosted “Everyone Can Paint”, a workshop in a garden in [...]
Inspiration from Sacred Architecture
Is there more to life than meets the eye ? New Acropolis Main Centre at Colaba held a public lecture on 11th February 2023 titled "Principles of Life through Sacred Architecture”. Architecture in Egypt has [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Understanding the Philosophy behind Ragas
On Monday, 8th June 2020, New Acropolis India conducted an online activity titled 'Appreciation of the Ragas'. Through a guided listening of curated classical Hindustani music, the speaker explored the genre’s basic elements and framework, highlighting [...]
Celebrating the Spirit of Mumbai
On Saturday, 6th June 2020, the Culture Circle of New Acropolis India conducted an online session titled 'The Spirit of Mumbai' with Bharat Gothoskar, founder of Khaki Tours and Khaki Heritage Foundation. The talk celebrated [...]
Spicing up our Taste Buds
On Saturday, 30th May 2020, Culture Circle of New Acropolis conducted an online activity titled 'Cooking with Spices'. The session shed light on the historical significance, medicinal properties, and uses of various spices. The [...]
Western Classical Music and its Importance
On Friday, 29th May 2020, New Acropolis India conducted an online session titled 'First Steps of Western Classical Music' Participants were taken through the evolution of western classical music, with examples of famous compositions, to [...]
Exploring the Roots of Tribal Art
On Wednesday, 27th May 2020, the Art Products Department of New Acropolis India conducted an online session titled 'Folk and Tribal Arts of India'. Through various examples, participants were introduced to 3 art traditions [...]
Butterfly Effect – Volunteers help spread the word.
The Butterfly Effect is an participative art installation, presented as a part of our celebration for World Philosophy Day 2019. Over the days leading to the inauguration of the installation, many volunteers helped with [...]
Work-with-Hands Session at New Acropolis in Colaba
On Saturday 12th October 2019, member volunteers from New Acropolis (Main Centre) gathered for a Work-with-Hands Session to re-plaster and freshly paint walls to rejuvenate areas of the Main Centre. The activity captured the [...]
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 [...]
Inspiring Young Minds
On Saturday, 28th September 2019, New Acropolis (Main Centre) conducted an activity to engage with more than 50 children in the age group of 7 -13 years. The activity was organised in partnership with [...]
New Acropolis Extends Support to Flood Relief
In collaboration with Goonj, members of New Acropolis from the Main Centre in Colaba, as well as Khar and Pune branches, came together to collect 40 cartons of clothes, blankets, bed sheets, curtains, toiletries, [...]
Volunteering at the library & with paint!
Each stroke of the brush and each turn of the page - was 'Philosophy in Action'. Volunteers took-up practical activities to brighten-up the room at our centre with a fresh coat of paint and [...]
Contributions towards victims of flooding
The state of Karnataka (India) witnessed unprecedented heavy rains, that devastated many locations and countless households. Members of New Acropolis in quick-time contributed many boxes of essential commodities to an organisation that then dispatched them [...]
Solidarity Through Blood Donation Drive
In an effort to promote solidarity and the spirit of volunteering, New Acropolis (Main Centre) conducted a Blood Donation Drive in collaboration with Masina Hospital on 20th July 2019. This drive was organized to aid [...]
New Acropolis Extends Support to Odisha Cyclone Relief Effort
In response to the aftermath of cyclone Fani in Odisha, New Acropolis (Main Centre) conducted a donation drive to collect food and other non perishable items in collaboration with Goonj, an NGO known for [...]
Cleaning Mangroves for World Oceans Day 2019
New Acropolis (Main Centre) marked World Oceans Day on 9th June 2019, with yet another session of the ongoing mangroves cleaning project that began in 2017. This most recent activity was promoted as “Save Mangroves, [...]
Restoring Mangroves Because We Care
On the hot Saturday afternoon of 4th May 2019, 31 volunteers participated in a mangrove cleanup and restoration organized by New Acropolis (Main Centre) with support from BMC A Ward. Volunteers worked in two groups. [...]
A practical working session for members (Bangalore, India)
April 15, 2019 from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm Some of the members of the Indiranagar centre, participated in a practical working session. They volunteered split into two teams. One undertook the stock taking exercise [...]