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Leaving the comfort zone: Changing perspectives through the Weltwärts programme

Abishek and friends

The art of rule-breaking (for a happier life)

Fif Fernandes with her book The Joy of Living Lightly

Articulations of nature and heritage

Collage by Deepti Munot

Elevating the lowly

Going and Coming

Holding spaces for being and healing

Dariya giving an Aquatic Body Work treatment to Pragyna

Origins

Annadhata (Farmer) by Pradeep Kumar

Carried by the wave: growing up in a diverse community

Partha

The artistry and grit of documentation

Shades and Feelings by Eric Chacra

Designing the city

Prashant

Auroville’s innovations for better breathing

1 Aire Masks

Supporting collective processes in a diverse community

1 Elvira

Craking the Crown conundrum

A still from the video shot during the Crown walk

Overseeing healthcare in a pandemic: Auroville’s COVID response

Aurosugan

The power of Frisbee

Selvi playing frisbee on the beach

Kabir’s message of love and oneness

Contemporary rendering of Kabir’s portrait

Nurturing mental health in Auroville

The office of Mattram in the Auromitra building

Bringing a distinctive female perspective into filmmaking

En Udambu film poster

Breaking down menstrual taboos

2 The women behind EcoFemme: from left Kalvi, Jessamijn and Kathy

Embracing the multiplicity of opportunity

Early days in Auroville

In search of Auroville’s very own Yeti

Cartoon credit: Charudutta

In Her Own Way

Rashmi on stage

The divine discovery from wasteland shrub

Elen and Shankar

Fostering goodwill towards the city

The City exhibition at the Unity Pavilion

Is Auroville becoming a city of cars?

Bus route planned by La nAVETTE

What’s in a community name?

Krishna (left) and Mail fixing the name board of Utilité signed by The Mother with her blessing on their keet hut (1971)

Raising the bar on mobility and urban planning

Imagined Crown at Solar Kitchen roundabout

Nothing can stop coffee

Coffee Marc

Breathing safely: Aurovilians making masks

A mask from Upasana

The new food regime: “Bring your own tiffin! Sanitize your hands! Wear your mask!”

A food basket at Solitude Farm

India’s traditional crafts revitalised in student’s hands

Basket weaving

The Auroville Effect

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February is art month

A primeval night by Auroville papers

Fostering a vibrant film culture in Auroville

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The story of cashew told on film

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Helping others to travel the world

Jearaj and Ganesh

Pursuing dance and unending education

Savithiri

New youth communities

The earth bag house in the making

Exploring the freedom to learn

Jagadeshwari

A life with numbers and beyond

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Singing human unity

The Auroville Harmonies women’s choir

Youth unemployment in the village

Devi giving career guidance to students

Learning and Earning at the Life Education Center (LEC)

Devi Namasivayam

The tangled web of cashew growing and pesticide spraying

The cashew fruit and nut

Chronicling Auroville reviewed

Cover - Chronicling Auroville

Shining a light on women’s health and safety issues

Poster used for the Human Rights in Childbirth Conference which was held in Mumbai from 2-5 February 2017

A life shaped through art

Marco in his studio

Art for land auction

Lotus bud by Dilip Patel (Watercolour on paper)

Mental health care in India

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Bharata Natyam with a difference

Ramdjiet and Suresh Kishna

Celebrating Tamil culture

Women running the stalls

On Geckos and Penguins

The Blue Light team

Nourishing the Newcomer seed

Beatrice

Botanical Gardens turns 15

The Genius Brothers entertain the crowd

From pond to borewell

Public water taps are standard in most villages in Tamil Nadu

Farming in AV: the tensions of growing and selling

Murthy with Ayarpadi's red pepper harvest

My Pumpkin Roof

My Pumpkin Roof

Village youth reach high

Reach for the Stars scholarship students (from left) Savithri and Suchithra, with graduate vaidegi

Pushing the boundaries of theatre

Ravana's Tenth Head in discussion with some of the other artists

Yatra’s journey through the arts

‘Full Stop’ CO-directors Raghu and Yatra Srinivassan, and cameraman Mohandas


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