ABOUT - RAWA

Art has the capacity to awaken social consciousness and lead a person towards spiritual self-realization. However, in the present age art has become a slave of both commercial and political interests. Renaissance Artists and Writers Association, (RAWA), was founded by Prabhat Rainjan Sarkar in India in 1958 in order to restore art to its true role as an instrument for social and spiritual awakening. He envisioned a New Artistic Renaissance where artists and writers would unite and inspire society to move forward in a progressive direction. 

RAWA is working to achieve these aims through the following programs: 
1. formation of artists cooperatives 
2. sponsoring art exhibitions 
3. publication and production of recordings, books and journals 
4. organizing concerts, theatrical productions, and other events which provide a  means for deserving artists to reach the public 
5. holding meetings and  conferences where artists can discuss  their common problems and interests 
6. encouraging artists and writers to participate in social service programmes

RAWA's founder, P. R. Sarkar, composed 5018 songs and wrote several essays on the role of the artist in society. His essay, "The Practice of Art and Literature", has inspired artists around the world to begin to reverse the tide of materialism and  to create an art "for service and  blessedness".

P. R. Sarkar Quotes

Excerpts from The Practice of Art and Literature

THIS WEBSITE

 It is our hope that this website can become a progressive forum for RAWA work  and ideas. The webmaster would appreciate any feed back from you, technical or artistic to help make the site better. You are invited to submit art or writings for this site to him as well. Some sounds and music clips recquire you to have an audio player. You can download free ones from RealAudioNetworks  or Microsoft Corporation.

CREDITS

First, thanks to all of you who made contributions to make the RAWA's webpages happen, whether in the form of donations of art work, computer work,  advice and mentor ship, promotion or just plain constructive criticism. 

Though care has been taken not to infringe on copyrights, we all make mistakes. RAWA is a not-for-profit organization and these pages are maintained by un-paid volunteers. So please don't sue us! Just notify the  webmaster of the work in question, and proper credits will be assigned or the material in question removed promptly as per your direction. Below are credits known to us. If your work is not specifically credited below and you want it to be, please notify the webmaster. We are happy to list your e-mail address or web site as well.

RAWA takes no responsibility for contents of "external links" (opening in separate windows or files not stored on http://www.rawa.ru.org )

 

GENERAL CREDITS and trademarks appearing throughout "Our Pages" - (internal links opening in the same window and stored on www.rawa.ru.org).

1. All quotes of P. R. Sarkar and Shrii Shrii A'nandamu'rti  © www.amps.org  . For a list of his works consult http://www.anandamarga.org

2. All text unless in quotation marks and other artwork not specifically credited © ru.org

3. Internet Explorer is a trade mark of The Microsoft Corporation.

4. 2D / 3D gif/jpg files and animations not specifically credited created by webmaster
 

SPECIFIC CREDITS

22.jpg & 28.jpg © 2001 Sephi Bergerson, Israel
Bandhu Amar (32kbps.mp3 &  64kbps.mp3)  © RAWA  c/o webmaster
banner.jpg webmaster  
dt0.jpg to dt6.jpg   © G. c/o webmaster
flute.ra - © HPMG http://www.hpmgl.net   
mmm.ra - © http://www.hpmg.net  
omkarnatha.htm: all materials © 2005 Orlando Morales

 /kosovo: all photos and captions © www.amurt.net
/toons: all drawings © Dada Vinayakrsna c/o webmaster
/riveroflove: all materials © Dada Devavratananda c/o webmaster
 

These pages were last updated on January 3, 2006

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