As part of the international webinar series on Different facets of Sankaradeva Studies, organised by the Society for Srimanta Sankaradeva, the eighth webinar was held on 21st August 2022. Delphic Council of North East India was also associated with it. Dr Ananya Barua, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Hindu College, University of Delhi was the resource person. She delivered a lecture on "Sankaradeva and Spinoza: a philosophical comparison". The webinar was moderated by Dr. Sanjib Kumar Borkakoti, author and scholar of Sankari culture.
Dr Ananya Barua made an attempt to draw a conceptual comparison philosophically between the mystical quest of Srimanta Sankaradeva and the rational quest of Spinoza. She explored the East-West dichotomy, and how to bridge the dichotomies in a harmonious way. She also discussed the methodology of dialogical hermeneutics.
Dr Barua further attempted to understand the role of God without religion, and the other, who is deeply soaked in the spirituality of Bhakti tradition. She referred to the question of whether one could be both a genuine Adavitin and an authentic Bhakta. The creative dialogue between the two, and the triumph of Bhakti over Jnana were some of the interesting aspects of her presentation. She stressed that Spinoza’s philosophy was a continuation of Srimanta Sankaradeva’s philosophy.
Several scholars and eminent persons including Prof Archana Barua, Retired Faculty of IIT Guwahati, Ashok Singh from Delphic Council of Jammu & Kashmir, and Swapnanil Barua, President of Delphic Council of North East India attended the webinar. Prof Archana Barua took an active part in the deliberations and said that the philosophy of Geeta was relevant in this discussion.
Dr Sanjib Kumar Borkakoti, in his comments, said that Srimanta Sankaradeva was a pioneer in combining paths of devotion and knowledge. The saint equated Brahma and Ishwara, which was an unprecedented phenomenon. Dr Borkakoti said that Spinoza proceeded in the same line of thought as he preached love for absolute being. That Srimanta Sankaradeva was a guiding light for a philosopher like Spinoza was a notable feature.
4 May 2015 - 9:14pm | AT News
Simmering differences seem to have gripped the Garo people in BTAD over the nomination of an elected member from the community in the newly elected territorial council. A section of the people...
17 Sep 2010 - 7:28pm | editor
People of ward no. 6 of Nazira town, Sivasagar district have captured one Anil Mahali (50) on Friday, when he tried to molest a 5 years old girl. Later the accused was handed over to the police.
21 Jul 2016 - 3:18pm | AT News
The Assam State Human Rights Commission has asked the government to probe the recent police firing in Raha where a local protester was killed. A division bench of the panel comprising Dr Justice AH...
29 Dec 2014 - 4:35pm | Babul Gogoi
Authors, wild life experts stressed the need of scientific writings to boost the wildlife conservation efforts when they participated in a discussion on the subject on the last day of the Guwahati...
VanitAgrata, the esteemed women empowerment cell at Assam Don Bosco University, has been honored with the prestigious eNorth East Award 2023 under the Social and Financial Category. This recognition was conferred during the 8th eNorth East Award 2023, a distinguished event jointly organized by the Council for Social and Digital Development (CSDD), Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF), and North East Development Foundation on November 24th and 25th in Guwahati.
For over a decade, the e-North East Award has been a beacon, highlighting and promoting groundbreaking digital solutions aimed at fostering sustainable development within India's North East Region.
VanitAgrata, in its pursuit...
Guwahati, 31st July: A five-day workshop was held manuscript preparation and painting in Sankari art form in Guwahati from July 26 to 30 under the auspices of the Department of Historical and Antiquarian Studies (DHAS) and in the precinct of DHAS , in association with Society for Srimanta Sankaradeva). Artists from Guwahati, Nagaon, Golaghat, Tezpur etc including teachers, students as well as staff of the Department of Historical and Aquarian Studies participated in the workshop. The participants prepared Sanchipat folios themselves and drew paintings thereon, under the guidance of resource person Mridu Moucham Bora.
The workshop was inaugurated on 26th in presence of Dr....
On February 7th, the Mechanical Engineering Department of the Assam Don Bosco University School of Technology hosted an Alumni Talk at the Azara campus conference hall. The head of the department, Dr. Buljit Buragohain, welcomed the students and felicitated the event's resource person, Abhijeet Boruah, who is an alumnus of the department.
The talk was attended by students of the Mechanical Engineering Department and most of the faculty members. Mr. Abhijit Boruah, who graduated from the department in 2017, is currently serving as a Regional Maintenance Executive in Gujarat for ITC India, where he began working as a GET in 2017.
During the talk, Mr. Boruah shared his insights on the...
Guwahati: A two –day workshop on Brajawali was started from November20 at Srimanta Sankaradeva Kalakshetra , organised by the Society for Srimanta Sankaradeva (SSS) and Parampara Pravah, the workshop was inaugurated by Prof. Nani Gopal Mahanta, the Education Adviser to the Govt. of Assam. He said that the study of Brajawali was very important in order to understand Srimanta Sankaradeva , He stressed on the increased popularity of Ankiya plays in Brajawali.
The inaugural session was anchored by Dr. Mallika Kandali, Director of Parampara Pravah and Vice President of SSS and the purpose of the...
Global Assamese Entrepreneurship Forum, held its monthly webinar on 25th September, 2022 on the topic “Women entrepreneurship and women empowerment”. The event was hosted by Anjana Bordoloi, Garima Saikia Garg and Dhirak Deka. A detailed discussion took place on women entrepreneurship, particularly focusing on the handloom industry of Assam. It was revealed that although 49% of the total handloom output of India is from Assam, the industry itself largely still remains unorganised, thus providing both a challenge and an opportunity for scaling up and modernisation. Various solutions including producer collaboration; private investor collaboration; pilot studies were presented following from...
Guwahati: A two-day national workshop on entrepreneurship and patents organized by the Assam Don Bosco University's IPR Cell and Institution's Innovation Council (IIC) concluded on 4th June. The event was catalysed and supported by the Patent Information Centre (PIC), Assam Science Technology and Environment Council (ASTEC). The workshop was conducted on 28th May 2022 and 4th June 2022. The workshop was held to spread awareness of patents, increase patent filings from the region, and to encourage the spirit of self-employment among the students.
On the first day of the workshop, Mr. Achintya Kumar Baruah, Chief Programme Coordinator, Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship,...
The annual general meeting of Society for Srimanta Sankaradeva was held at Nagaon today. The members of the Society coming from different parts of the state attended it. Dr. Sanjib Kumar Borkakoti, President of SSS conducted the meeting. Mridu Moucham Bora, secretary of SSS presented annual reports and accounts, which were accepted.
The AGM elected a new committee for the period 2022-2025. Dr Sanjib Kumar Borkakoti and Mridu Moucham Bora were re-elected as President and Secretary.
Dr. Madhuchanda Chaliha Bhuyan, Amitabh Bora, Pradip Hazarika, Indranil Gayan, Dr. Buljit Buragohain, and Nilamani Bora were elected Vice President and co-ordinator cum treasurer, media in-charge of the...
On 1st May,2022 “Rongali Utsav” was celebrated with traditional fervour by Global Assamese Entrepreneurship Forum in association with Shilpisewa (www.shilpisewa.com ) through online mode in zoom and Facebook live.
Anjana Bordoloi,, General Secretary, GAEF USA and Founder of Shilpisewa welcomed everyone with the heartiest gratitude and she expressed how important to keep own culture and roots alive. The show was anchored by Tanmoy Bhagawati and Nabanita Kalita. Dr . Ravi Kota, Minister of Economics, Embassy of India, shared his views along with rongali wishe . Shivani Patel from Canada did fantabulous singing even after being away from the roots for so long but...
Guwahati: The projects planned based on the "XOBDO Vision 2022-27" document were discussed at a workshop held on 13th March at 7 pm via zoom platform. The workshop was anchored by Dr. Buljit Buragohain, Publicity Secretary of XOBDO.ORG and Bikram Mojinder Baruah and Pallav Saikia explained the projects. The questionnaire prepared in order to identify interested volunteers, enthusiasts, entrepreneurs, researchers, workers and financiers was released in the workshop. The discussion of the workshop can be viewed in XOBDO’s YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/xobdotv/videos). In the workshop Debojit Bharali, Anjana Bordoloi, Tara Bhuyan, Pankaj Kumar Dutta, Samadrita...
As part of an international webinar series on different facets of Sankaradeva Studies, organized by the Society for Srimanta Sankaradeva in association with Naamghar Association of America, USA (NAAM), the fourth webinar was held on March 13, 2022. Dr Binoy K Bordoloi, a prominent biotechnologist and chairman of NAAM, spoke about Christianity and Eka-Sarana Nama Dharma. It was moderated by Dr Sanjib Kumar Borkakoti, author and scholar of Sankari culture and president of the Society for Srimanta Sankaradeva.
Dr Binoy K Bordoloi began by explaining the essential elements of Eka Sarana Nama Dharma as well as Christianity. He also gave a brief idea of the Bhakti movement in India, making...
Add new comment