Our Heritage
It is said, that “ancestral heritage plays a significant role in our lives. It’s in our DNA, whether we are aware of it or not.”
Th co-founders of The Integral Space have been blessed with a rich heritage. Their ancestry heralds a line of active supporters of social welfare and freedom. They were blessed to be mentored by great luminaries.
In gratitude, the co-founders wish to pay tribute to those beacons of light that lit many flames and touched many lives.
Dr. P J Mehta
Dr. Pranjivan Mehta was to Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi what Friedrich Engels was to Karl Marx: at once a disciple and a patron, who saw, very early, that the friend of his youth had the makings of the heroic, world transforming figure he was to later become. ~Ramchandra Guha, Gandhi Before India, (2013)Dr. P. J. Mehta was a Doctor, a Barrister and a Jeweller in Rangoon, Burma.He was the first to see the potential of Gandhi and was instrumental in bringing Gandhi to India to start the freedom struggle.
His month long dialogue with Gandhi in the Savoy hotel in London, on planning the freedom of India, was published in a book called Hind Swaraj.He was Mahatma Gandhi’s greatest friend and benefactor. He introduced Shrimad Rajchandra, to Gandhi, who later became Gandhiji’s spiritual mentor.Great grandfather to the CO-founder, Mona Doctor.
Dr. M Maganlal
Manilal Maganlal Doctor, inspired by Mahatma Gandhi, became a renowned British Indian barrister and social worker, worked alongside freedom activists during British Rule.He travelled and worked, across various British colonies, particularly in Mauritius, Fiji and Aden. He provided legal assistance to the local ethnic Indian populations who were indentured labour.On the pedestal under his statue in Port Louis, Mauritius is written “ He felt for the oppressed and served them”Grandfather to the CO-founder Mona and Great grandfather to Vatsal.
C Tejpal Mehta
Chotalal Tejpal, or C. Tejpal was an artist, a portrait painter, a thinker and social reformer in Rajkot, Gujarat. He painted portraits for the kings and dignitaries.
A pioneer environmentalist, he was instrumental in starting the first electric crematorium in Chandanwadi, Mumbai to cremate the dead. In order to save the felling of trees.
Grandfather to Indira Doctor.
Indira Doctor
Inspired by Jayaprakash Narayan and Dada Dharmadhikari, Indira Doctor started Gandhi’s work of ‘ Trusteeship’ by founding the Trusteeship Foundation in India, with the hope to introduce this concept in the business and industrial domain. As Hon. Secretary of Trusteeship Foundation she started the dialogue of Trusteeship with all the leading business houses, held national and international seminars and also set up Industrial units based on the concept of Industrial Democracy.
Indira was greatly inspired by Acharya Vinoba Bhave and Vimala Thakkar who became her spiritual mentors.
Mother to the CO-Founder, Mona Doctor.
Indubhushan Doctor
The son of Manilal Doctor, and owner of the “Rite - Print - Pak” printing press, which was founded in the year 1962, I. M. Doctor was also the President of The Bombay Master Printer Association (BMPA).
Greatly influenced by J. Krishnamurti, he stayed away from organised religion.
He made a significant contribution to the print community in India and has been a strong mentor to many young entrepreneurs.
Father to The Co-founder Mona Doctor.
Guiding Lights
Shrimad Raichandra
Shrimad Rajchandra was a Jain poet, mystic, philosopher, scholar and reformer, who performed Avadhāna, a memory retention and recollection test that gained him popularity. He wrote a large number of philosophical poetry including Atma Siddhi and is best known for his teachings on Jainism and his spiritual guidance to Mahatma Gandhi, who in his autobiography, My Experiments with Truth, names Shrimad Rajchandra as one of the three contemporaries who left a deep impression on his life.
J. Krishnamurti
Jiddu Krishnamurti was an Indian philosopher, speaker and writer. In his early life he was groomed to be the new World Teacher but later rejected this mantle and withdrew from the Theosophy organization behind it. He is regarded globally as one of the greatest thinkers and religious teachers of all time.
His teachings served as seeds, leaving a lasting impact on the CO-founder Mona Doctor.
Dada Dharmadhikari
Shankar Trimbak Dharmadhikari, better known Dada Dharmadhikari, was an Indian freedom fighter, and a leader of social reform movements in India. He was a strong adherent of Mahatma Gandhi's principles.
An original thinker, he was mentor to Indira and Mona. He travelled the country giving public talks on education, women and freedom.
Acharya Vinoba Bhave
Vinayak Narahari "Vinoba" Bhave was an Indian advocate of nonviolence and human rights. Often called Acharya, he is best known for the Bhoodan Movement. He is considered as a National Teacher of India and the spiritual successor of Mohandas Gandhi. He was a thinker and spiritual guide to many. He distilled the essence of all religions and wrote many books. He founded The Brahma Vidya Mandir, an ashram for women who wished to lead a life of spiritual transformation. “ Baba” as he was fondly called, was Indira Doctor’s spiritual guide.
Santosh Sachdeva
Santosh Sachdeva has undergone and intensively experienced the workings of the Kundalini energy. Santosh hopes that her story will help validate similar experiences of others in meditation, and especially inspire young students to fearlessly undertake the spiritual journey. She presently counsels aspirants on the path and provides guidance on any questions and clarifications they might have regarding meditation and Kundalini yoga. The Integral Space was inaugurated by Guruji Santosh. Santosh Sachdeva is the spiritual Guru to both the Co-Founders, Mona and Vatsal Doctor.