Notes and References
The quotations from the Writings of Sri Aurobindo are reproduced from Sri Aurobindo Birth Centenary Library volumes 15 & 19 and are serially as follows :Introduction
The Human Cycle -- p. 181, p. 201.
Reason and Democracy
The Human Cycle -- p. 183, pp. 183-5, p. 185.
The Ideal of Human Unity -- p. 450, pp. 450-1.
The Human Cycle -- pp. 185-6.
The Ideal of Human Unity -- p. 444, p. 444, p. 448.
The Human Cycle -- p. 187.
Reaction to Capitalism
The Human Cycle -- p. 188, p. 188, pp. 188-9, p. 189, p. 189, pp. 189-90, pp. 195-6, pp. 196-7, p. 197, p. 192, pp. 193-4, p. 194.
Reaction to Supremacy of the State
The Human Cycle -- pp. 199-200, p. 202, p. 203, pp. 204-5, p. 205, pp. 205-6, p. 206, pp. 206-7, p. 207, p. 246.
The Present situation and What we should do
The Ideal of Human Unity -- p. 568, p. 560, p. 561, p. 561, p. 567, p. 558, p. 563, p. 428, p. 437, p. 434, p. 434.
The Human Cycle -- p. 202.
The Ideal of Human Unity -- p. 270, pp. 435-6, p. 283.
The Life Divine -- p. 1050.
The Ideal of Human Unity -- p. 401.
The Human Cycle -- pp. 198-9, pp. 209-10, p. 210, p. 232, p. 233, p. 239.
Glimpses of the New Social Order
The Human Cycle -- p. 248, pp. 212-3, p. 213, p. 214, p. 215, pp. 216-7, pp. 240-1, pp. 241-2, pp. 249-50, p. 243, p. 243, p. 244, p. 244, p. 250, pp. 250-1, p. 251.
The Life Divine -- p. 1062.
The Human Cycle -- p. 251.
Kireet Joshi (b. 1931) studied philosophy and law at the Bombay University. He was selected for the I.A.S. in 1955 but in 1956, he resigned in order to devote himself at Pondicherry to the study and practice of the Integral Yoga of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother. He taught Philosophy and Psychology at the Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education at Pondicherry and participated in numerous educational experiments under the direct guidance of The Mother.
In 1976, the Government of India invited him to be Educational Advisor in the Ministry of Education. In 1983, he was appointed Special Secretary to the Government of India, and he held the post until 1988. He was Member- Secretary of Indian Council of Philosophical Research from 1981 to 1990. He was also Member-Secretary of Rashtriya Veda Vidya Pratishthan from 1987 to 1993. He was the Vice-Chairman of the UNESCO Institute of Education, Hamburg, from 1987 to 1989.
From 1999 to 2004, he was the Chairman of Auroville Foundation. From 2000 to 2006, he was Chairman of Indian Council of Philosophical Research. From 2006 to 2008, he was Editorial Fellow of the Project of History of Indian Science, Philosophy and Culture (PHISPC).
Currently, he is Education Advisor to the Chief Minister of Gujarat.