Auroville's monthly news magazine since 1988

Issue Nº338

Sept 2017 (98 months ago)
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New Governing Board members

From left: Dr. Nirima Oza, Prof. Sachindananda Mohanty , Dr. Prema Nandakumar, Chairman Dr. Karan Singh, Dr. Anirban Ganguly and Auroville Foundation Secretary Mr

Globalization, Regional Cultures and International Living

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Holding on to the scaffolding

Dr Prema Nandakumar

Dr. Prema Nandakumar has written and spoken to audiences the world over about Sri Aurobindo's writings and philosophy. She is the author of many articles and books on Sri Aurobindo and on Indian culture.


Coming Home

Dr Anirban Ganguly

Dr. Anirban Ganguly is director of the Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee Research Foundation in New Delhi. He is a member of the Central Advisory Board of Education and also a member of the Policy Research Department and co-convener of the Library & Documentation Department of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).


The magic of monsoon rains

Photo illustration - Fountain and earth

In the months of July and August, Auroville benefitted from unexpected rains. In July 153 mm fell, against an average of 73.1= for the last 39 years.


Profile of a community: Courage

Some of the residents of Courage community

While it is one of the youngest Auroville communities, Courage is one of the largest. It has 104 residents drawn from 16 different nationalities: 30 of the residents are under the age of 18.


The new Sanjana community

Some of the apartments in Sanjana community

The idea of Sanjana began in 2011, shortly after Gundolf had moved into one of the new apartments he had designed in the Surrender community.


The proposed Line of Goodwill

Auroville’s Galaxy Plan is marked by so-called ‘Lines of Force’, long building structures. The Line of Goodwill is a project to build the longest Line of Force of the Galaxy Plan, which extends from the outer ring road near the Visitors Centre parking to the edge of the planned Matrimandir Lake.


Le Chant des Partisans

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Interestingly, when the French soldiers of the “Garde Républicaine” carried away the coffin bearing the mortal remains of Mrs. Simone Veil, the Holocaust survivor, they chanted a German song: Das Lied der Moorsoldaten.


Savitri Around the World


Sights and sounds of Bengal

Abhisarika  by Barsha Bagchi

From August 12 to 22, 2017, Bharat Nivas hosted Alpona, a festival of Bengal. The festival included an exhibition of paintings by ten women artists from Kolkata, an exhibition of textiles from Bengal, two musical evenings and screenings of Bengali films, including four by the internationally renowned director Buddhadeb Dasgupta who visited during the festival.