Auroville's monthly news magazine since 1988

Issue Nº302

Sept 2014 (134 months ago)
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Mini test ponds for the Matrimandir Lake

Feature, By Carel

cross section of a mini test pond

The lake around the Matrimandir was foreseen by The Mother. Already in 1965, years before Auroville was founded, She had given Nata the task of studying the lake and how the water could be sourced.

The pool in the Garden of Consciousness

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Education is the main way to change society

Feature, By Alan and Carel

Kabir Shaikh

Auroville International Advisory Council (IAC) member Kabir Shaikh has had a long and distinguished career in education. He has taught in London and been a top educational administrator in the U.K. and in the Middle East.

Is there a future for some of Auroville’s beach communities?

Feature, By Alan

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What is happening at Bharat Nivas?

Feature, By Alan

The small amphitheatre in the former the Auroville Library building

Is Bharat Nivas coming alive again? For some years the area, which houses the activities of the Indian pavilion, has seemed dormant, but today old structures are being demolished and new building projects underway.

Facing out, facing in: Auroville’s Visitors’ Center

Feature, By Alan

Visitors Center complex

Nicole, who has been part of the management team for the past 15 years talks about the function and challenges of running the Auroville Visitors’ Center.

The Auroville Ambulance: Service in Action

Feature, By Ing-Marie

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Two years ago, the Auroville Ambulance was purchased with funds from the cyclone relief fund. Today, the ambulance steadily continues to serve the community.

The challenges of filming Auroville

Feature, By Alan

1 A still from the film 'Auroville: The City the Earth Needs'

Some months ago a new introductory film on Auroville, Auroville: The City the Earth Needs, was presented to the Aurovilians. The film, which begins with The Dream and ends with the Auroville Charter, gives a brief overview of the main projects and activities, including Auroville’s outreach activities in the nearby villages.

Pushing the boundaries of theatre

Event review, By Lesley

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

Dubbed a ‘Laboratory for Theatre Arts and Research’, Adhishakti , an experimental theatre company located near Auroville, pushes boundaries and provokes through its work, whilst being relevant to contemporary audiences in India.

Visiting of Tamil Nadu Chief Ministers

Letter to the Editors, By Gilles Guigan

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Dear Auroville Today Team, In your interview with Shri N. Bala Baskar published in the August issue of Auroville Today, you wrote: “No Tamil Nadu Chief Minister has ever visited Auroville”.

Auroville Council start work The Auroville Council, in its first interactive meeting with the community, reported a huge workload consisting of 17 personal issues, 6 policy mandate issues and 4 immediate community issues.

www.auroville.org renewed A brand new public website for Auroville has now replaced the old one which has been in existence for 14 years. It’s a fresh start with around 350 pages covering basic information on Auroville taken out of 3,000 pages from the old site.

Board of Services annual meeting The Auroville Board of Services (ABS), in its annual gathering on August 13th, observed that service managers who rely on a community maintenance find this is too low to cover their basic needs, even with the provided in-kind component, which still does not cover expenses such as transport or housing.

Developing Sri Ma The Housing Board has informed the community that it believes that the development of Sri Ma as a beach resort, a large-scale income generating unit with a 50-rooms guest facility, is not developing as planned.

Sri Aurobindo in Arabic A 30 minutes video titled “Sri Aurobindo in Arabic” made by Zackaria Moursi, Jim Page, Lynda Lester and Nihal Rashinkar is now available on YouTube.

Standards for Auroville eggs Auroville has a few farms and communities that keep chickens ‘the natural way’. The largest is AuroOrchard, which is supplying approximately 5,000 eggs a week.

ONE ASIA 2014 Taipei ONE ASIA 2014 in Taipei will take place from October 25th to November 5th with the participation of 28 artists from all over Asia. This is the third event of the ONE ASIA cultural programmes.