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Interviews

Planning for the wider bioregion: Auroville- Pondicherry-Villupuram-Cuddalore

An interview with, By Alan, December 2018

Profile of a community: Courage

An interview with, By Alan, September 2017

Some of the residents of Courage community

Finding oneself: the Swadharma programme

An interview with, By Alan, October 2016

From left: Lalit, Mike, Anita, Min, Sophie, Manoj

The Joy of Learning experiment

An interview with, By Alan, March 2016

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The Matrimandir, the Lake and the Garden works: an update

An interview with John Harper, By Carel, June 2025

Scale visualisation of the Matrimandir and its Gardens, surrounded by the Lake and connected by a bridge originating from the Reception Pavilion

The January 2025 issue of Auroville Today focused on the aftermath of Cyclone Fengal, which breached the Lego block dam separating sections 1 and 2 of the Matrimandir Lake.

Auroville’s impact upon Kuilapalayam village

An interview with, By Alan, January 2025

School of Regional Planning, Queen’s University, Canada graduate students with their professor, Dr Ajay Agarwal (centre)

In early December, six graduate students and their professor from the School of Urban and Regional Planning at Queen’s University, Canada, visited Auroville to explore the social impact of Auroville on the nearby village of Kuilaypalayam.

Rethinking tourism

An interview with Prof Ajay Agarwal, By Alan, January 2019

Professor Ajay Agarwal was the supervisor of this year’s group of graduate students from Queen’s University, Canada. He initiated the original programme six years ago and since then has accompanied five groups of graduate students to do research on different topics in Auroville.

Managing Tourism in Auroville

Feature, By Alan, January 2019

The community has no policy regarding how to handle tourism. Recently, visiting students studied the situation and made some recommendations.

When the future of Auroville seeks a future in Auroville

Feature, By Valentina, December 2018

From left: Arpana, Jonas, Ahilya, Kalal, Ganesh, Ganga, Mahana, Aswini and Jeeva

The Auroville Gap Year Programme (AGYP) was designed by Auroville Campus Initiative (ACI) to provide a learning platform to the youth of Auroville between the ages of 17 and 30.

Journey of Auroville festival in Vadodara

Feature, By Hilary and Ravi, October 2018

Auroville Exhibition at the Premanand Hall

The Journey of Auroville is a project under the special grants from the Government of India for Auroville’s 50th anniversary. Officially started with the Auroville Expo in Delhi, which took place in November 2017 and comprised an exhibition and two conferences at the Indira Gandhi Centre for the Arts and the UNESCO Office, this 50th anniversary commemorative project has evolved into a festival format to reflect the many facets of Auroville’s vision and realities over the past fifty years.