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Periodicals

 

WITH WHICH SRI AUROBINDO WAS ASSOCIATED

Arranged Chronologically

Indu Prakash English-Marathi Weekly Bombay

 

 

 

 

Yugantar Bengali Weekly Calcutta

 

 

Bande Mataram English

Daily/Weekly Calcutta

 

 

 

 

 

 

Karmayogin

English Weekly Calcutta

 

 

 

Dharma Bengali Weekly Calcutta

Sri Aurobindo contributed two series of articles to this newspaper, which was edited by his Cambridge friend K. G. Deshpande. New Lamps for Old appeared in nine instalments from August 7, 1893 to March 5,’1894. This series was preceded by another political article, "India and the British Parliament" (June 26, 1893). The second series, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, written after the passing of the Bengali writer, appeared in seven instalments from July 16 to August 27, 1894.

 

A revolutionary journal started by Sri Aurobindo’s brother Barindra and others in March 1906. Sri Aurobindo wrote articles for some of the earlier issues of the paper, and always exercised general control over it. It ceased publication in May 1908.

 

 

A newspaper started on August 6, 1906 under the editorship of Bepin Chandra Pal. Sri Aurobindo became joint editor of the paper and before the end of 1906 assumed full control of its policy. He wrote many of its editorials and leading articles, and also some planned series including The Doctrine of Passive Resistance. It ceased publication in October 1908, six months after Sri Aurobindo was imprisoned in the Alipore ‘Bomb Case. A weekly edition of Bande Mataram was published from June 1907 to September 1908, in which editorials and articles from the daily edition were reprinted. The play Perseus the Deliverer and the translation Vidula first appeared in this weekly edition.

 

"A Weekly Review of National Religion, Literature, Science, Philosophy, etc." Started on June 15, 1909 by Sri Aurobindo, who wrote practically all of its articles and editorial comments, and published in it a number of his poems and translations. When he left for Chandernagore in February 1910, he put the journal into the hands of Sister Nivedita. Writings by him continued to appear in it until it ceased publication on March 26, 1910.

 

Started on August 23, 1909 under the editorship of Sri Aurobindo, who wrote most of its articles and editorial comments himself. His connection with the journal ended when he left for Chandernagore in February 1910. Its last issue came out on March 28, 1910.

 

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Arya English Monthly Pondicherry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Standard Bearer

English

Weekly

Chandernagore

 

 

A philosophical review started by Sri Aurobindo on August 15, 1914 and continued without interruption until January 1921. The following declaration appeared on the inside cover page of each issue:

The Arya is a Review of pure philosophy. The object which it has set before itself is twofold:—

1. A systematic study of the highest problems of existence;

2. The formation of a vast Synthesis of knowledge, harmonising the diverse religious traditions of humanity occidental as well as oriental. Its method will be that of a realism, at once rational and transcendental, — a realism consisting in the unification of intellectual and scientific disciplines with those of intuitive experience. This Review will also serve as an organ for the various groups and societies founded on its inspiration.

 

The Review will publish:— Synthetic studies in speculative Philosophy. Translations and commentaries of ancient texts. Studies in Comparative Religion. Practical methods of inner culture and self development.

 

In the Arya appeared serially most of Sri Aurobindo’s important prose writings: The Life Divine, The Synthesis of Yoga, The Secret of the Veda, Essays on the Gita, The Human Cycle, The Ideal of Human Unity, The Future Poetry (all of which were published later in book form, many in revised editions), as well as other series and separate essays.

Published by the Prabartak Samgha, a group working under the inspiration of Sri Aurobindo. Its first issue came out on August 15, 1920 with a contribution "Ourselves" by Sri Aurobindo. In later issues it published several articles, poems etc. by Sri Aurobindo, many of which had been written in 1909 and 1910 and intended for publication in the Karmayogin. Since 1915 the Prabartak Samgha has brought out a Bengali monthly, Prabartak. Sri Aurobindo’s "Jagannather Rath" first appeared in this journal in 1918.

Sri Aurobindo occasionally contributed essays, poems etc. to periodicals other than those listed above including The Modern Review (Calcutta), The Calcutta Re- view, The Vedic Magazine (Lahore), Shama’s (Madras) and the Bengali reviews Suprabhat and Bharati.

 

The following is a list of journals published by the Sri Aurobindo Ashram or groups connected with it in which many unpublished letters, articles, poems etc. of Sri Aurobindo first appeared.

 

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Sri Aurobindo Mandir Annual Calcutta since 1942

 

Bartika (Bengali) Quarterly, Calcutta, since 1942

 

The Advent Quarterly, Pondicherry (originally Madras), since 1944

 

Sri Aurobindo Circle Annual, Pondicherry (originally Bombay), since 1945

 

Bulletin of Physical Education (presently the Bulletin of Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education) Quarterly, Pondicherry, since 1949, English-French Bilingual

The eight articles which make up The Supramental Manifestation upon Earth were written by Sri Aurobindo for the Bulletin and published in-it between February 21, 1949 and November 24, 1950.

 

Mother India Monthly, Pondicherry (originally a Bombay fortnightly), since 1949

 

Srinvantu Quarterly, Calcutta, since 1956

 

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