A meaningful Sunday with newacropolis communitree circle
Nothing in nature exists in isolation. The movement of life, which originates in the sun, takes place because everything is interconnected and interdependent. Living consciously means being aware of the unity of humans and [...]
Building our Center Through Mandala Art
On Sunday 9th October '22, New Acropolis Pune branch hosted a talk and Mandala making workshop, based on the theme of ‘Centering Yourself: Lessons from Mandala.’ Addressing an enthusiastic house, the speaker introduced the concept [...]
Musical Evening Commemorating Gandhiji with Singer Radhika Sood
“Krodh na Chhoda, Jhooth na chhoda, Satyavachan kyon chhod diya?” “You didn’t leave anger nor lies, why did you leave the path of truth ?” - Poet Khaalas from Gandhiji’s Ashram Bhajnaavali On 9th October [...]
The Quest for Purpose
Not knowing what it is all about, we usually look to someone else to tell us about the purpose of life. But can we discover it ourselves ? New Acropolis (Main Centre) hosted an interactive [...]
Our Role in Forming Society
On Saturday 24th September, 2022, New Acropolis Pune branch hosted a talk titled Forming a Better Society: Inspiration from Plato. Drawing on the ancient Greek philosopher’s insights that are relevant even today, the speaker focused [...]
Fraternity Evening at New Acropolis Pune Branch
The members of New Acropolis Pune branch came together on Monday 19th September, to celebrate the spirit of fraternity through songs and skits meant to inspire philosophical values for daily life. Theatre centered around [...]
Overpowering Inner Dragons
What could our inner dragons be and how can we overpower them? This was the theme explored in the talk ‘Slaying your inner dragons: lessons from mythology’, hosted by New Acropolis Pune Branch on Saturday [...]
Sowing Seeds of Virtue
On Sunday, 4th September 2022, volunteers from New Acropolis Pune conducted a street engagement at Kalakar Katta on Fergusson College road. Dressed as warrior-philosophers of peace, the members held up a banner with the [...]
Basic life-saving skills Training @ New Acropolis Bangalore
Another meaningful Sunday at New Acropolis South India..... We organised a 'Basic life-saving skills - Training in CPR, AED and First Aid' at our centre in collaboration with Nightingale's Medical Trust… It was a [...]
Developing the Art of Concentration
In a world full of distractions, developing concentration is perhaps something we have all struggled with. On 3rd September 2022, New Acropolis Main Centre hosted a talk titled Art of Concentration: Learning to Live Fully [...]
Interview with Delia Steinberg Guzmán, Honorary President of New Acropolis
Following the interview with its current President, Carlos Adelantado Puchal, International Organisation New Acropolis (IONA) presents an interview with its Honorary President Delia Steinberg Guzmán who led the IONA for over twenty five [...]
Finding Meaning Through Art: Creating Mandalas
“Each person’s life is like a mandala – a vast, limitless circle. We stand in the center of our own circle, and everything we see, hear and think forms the mandala of our [...]
Being a Modern-Day Samurai
The Bushido or Way of the Warrior is said to continue to echo in Japanese culture even after many centuries. On 12th August 2022 , New Acropolis Main Centre hosted an interactive talk titled Samurai [...]
Daring to Live as a Knight in the 21st Century
On Friday August 5th, New Acropolis Pune branch hosted an interactive talk titled Being a Knight in the 21st Century. The speakers explored the virtues that knights in medieval times are known to have lived [...]
New Acropolis Organises Blood Donation Drive
New Acropolis Main Centre organized a Blood Donation drive on 31 July 2022, in response to the shortage of blood being faced by Masina Hospital at Byculla Mumbai. In the true spirit of Volunteering, [...]
Living Adventurously – The Warrior Gentleman’s Way
On 30th July 2022, New Acropolis Main Centre hosted an interactive talk titled "The Warrior-Gentleman’s Search for Success”. The talk was the second in the Live Adventurously series where the speaker illustrated how we have [...]
Facing Uncertainty with Stability
On a Sunday evening, 24th July, 2022, Pune Branch, had the opportunity to host the National Director of New Acropolis, Yaron Barzilay, for a talk titled Navigating challenges the Stoic Way. The speaker shared a [...]
Artist, Dreamer, Warrior – Different Paths for Living Philosophy
On 23 July 2022, New Acropolis Main Centre hosted an interactive talk titled Artist, Dreamer, Warrior- Creating and Impact in our world Today, the first, in the "Live Adventurously" series of talks. The speaker illustrated [...]
Namma Culture Circle-New Acropolis Bangalore
Namma Culture Circle is an initiative that explores how culture in its various expressions can inspire and enable us to connect to Beauty, Goodness, Justice and Truth as universal human values. It brings [...]
International Organisation New Acropolis Celebrates 65 years
International Organisation New Acropolis (IONA) celebrated its 65th Anniversary on 15th July 2022. Activities were held across the Main Centre in Colaba and Pune Branch to mark the occasion with members putting on performances [...]
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 [...]
Discovering the Art of Sculpture with Arzan Khambatta
On Friday, 24th June 2022, The New Acropolis Culture Circle organised a unique outdoor event- "Insights into Sculpting" - a visit to the art studio of renowned sculptor, Arzan Khambatta. Arzan has been practising [...]
Sapling Plantation using Miyawaki technique by New Acropolis Volunteers
Volunteers of New Acropolis Main Centre organised a workshop and sapling plantation at Jog garden in the Colaba area of Mumbai on 12 June 2022 in association with Emerald Sustainable Foundation and the BMC. [...]
Discovering the Musician in Ourselves
In a world brimming with distractions and constant demands, the pursuit of art, beauty and music can be a transformative pathway towards our personal growth. Embracing this philosophy, New Acropolis main centre in Colaba hosted [...]
Practical Lessons from ‘ Kybalion’
On 11th June 2023, New Acropolis Pune hosted an interactive talk titled "My Role in the Universe – Lessons from Kybalion”. This was the third and last event in the “Glimpse into Living Philosophy Course” [...]
The Leader in You: Styles of Leadership
Glimpses from our talk on Styles of Leadership. This interactive session related to topics like individual and shared leadership, feminine and masculine leadership, authentic leadership and more. Participants got to experience practically the nuances that [...]
Insights from ‘The Matrix’ and ‘Allegory of the cave’
“I can only show you the door. You’re the one that has to walk through it.” – Morpheus (The Matrix) On 03rd June 2023, New Acropolis Pune hosted an interactive talk titled "Daring to Choose [...]
Being in the Present Moment: Lessons from Origami
Glimpses from our interactive session on learning to work with present moment through Origami, held in May. Just as a single sheet of paper can be transformed to something beautiful, with patience, perseverance and imagination, [...]
Daring to Be Authentic: Drawing Inspiration from Socrates
Socrates, renowned as one of the greatest philosophers of our times, continues to inspire us with his unwavering dedication to truth and his remarkable courage. Despite his humility, he fearlessly pursued a life of inquiry [...]
The Way of the Heart: Inspiration from ‘The Little Prince’
''And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry On 14th [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Wisdom of Confucius and Lao Tsu
On Saturday, 08th June 2019, New Acropolis Bangalore (Indiranagar) hosted a talk, titled ‘Two Chinese Masters : the Wisdom of Confucius and Lao Tsu‘ This talk explored a part of the philosophy from the land [...]
Caring for Mangroves
On 27th October 2018, New Acropolis (Main Centre) led 30 volunteers in a clean-up and restoration activity in one area of the Mangroves situated in Navy Nagar, Colaba. With scissors, gloves and rakes in [...]
IONA Birthday Sign language project
In celebration of the 61st Birthday of the International Organization of New Acropolis, New Acropolis Bangalore marked the occasion this year, with a special activity of signing the famous John Lenon song ‘IMAGINE’ to [...]
Survival Skills Adventure
Members of New Acropolis Cultural Organization participated in a 3-day Survival Skills Adventure over the weekend of 20th October 2018, on the beautiful mountainous backdrop of Harischandragad, a 5-hour drive out of Mumbai. Learning [...]
Seminar for students of Living Philosophy
Students of Living Philosophy at the practical student seminar organised to experience Practical Philosophy through exercises of introspection, concentration and reflection. The seminar also saw the students bring expressions to virtues of compassion and [...]
Lessons from the Tree of Life
The Volunteering Department of New Acropolis (Main Centre) conducted an activity titled Tree of Life, on 15th September 2018 in association with Angel Express, an NGO that works with underprivileged children. Introducing the symbolism [...]
Celebrating Fraternity on Raksha Bandhan
On 23 August 2018, the Social Responsibility and Active Ecology departments of New Acropolis (Khar Branch) celebrated the festival of Raksha Bandhan by organizing a gift exchange called “I Am, because We Are” between [...]
Build, Repair, Beautify- Upcoming Pune Branch Update
On a cool and pleasant Sunday morning of 5 August 2018, volunteer members of New Acropolis Colaba (Main Centre) gathered together for a “Build, Repair, Beautify project” at the upcoming Pune Branch. Volunteers spent [...]
Spreading the spirit of Raksha Bandhan
Taking a mid-day break from their busy schedules on Thursday, 26th of July 2018, volunteers of New Acropolis (Main Centre) visited ADAPT, a quaint school for the differently-abled in Navy Nagar (Colaba) to celebrate [...]
Volunteering with Altruism
The week leading up to the 61st anniversary of the founding of International Organization New Acropolis (IONA), was marked as “Volunteering Week” at the New Acropolis (Main Centre). Members were invited to volunteer with [...]
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 [...]