Issue Nº339

On February 28th 2018, Auroville will celebrate the anniversary of its 50th year. The occasion presents an unprecedented opportunity to honour the birth and vision of Auroville, to increase the recognition of its relevance for India and the world, to attract people of all ages from India and abroad to visit Auroville and participate in the events, and to document and share its journey of 50 years.

Auroville Consulting is acquiring a considerable reputation in India for its work with State, Central government and international agencies, as well as academic institutions but it is also contributing its expertise to Auroville.

On September 23, 2017, a revised Entry Policy was ratified by the Residents Assembly. Of the 222 Residents who participated in the decision-making process, 85% agreed with the new policy.

Auroville can be seen as the latest in a chain of ideal city experiments stretching back thousands of years.

Aurofilio is a member of PondyCAN, a citizen’s action network located in Pondicherry. He has been very much involved with promoting the Pondicherry Beach Restoration scheme, which is now underway to restore the town’s beach.

This is really two books in one. The first book is an introduction to Auroville, the vision, the history and its inhabitants. The second book is a passionate advocacy of the need to build the city as soon as possible according to the original Galaxy plan.

At first glance, Neeltje Huppes’ new book looks like a training manual. But spending just a few minutes with it uncovers a wonderful pedagogical design.

Why did Mother start the project of Auroville? And what did people experience on a dusty plateau on that morning of 28th February, 1968? These are the two questions Aurovilian Franz Fassbender set out to answer in this book.

Bhu was a testimony to Auroville’s potential in bringing together diverse groups of people for synergetic collaborations. Conceived by Phillipe Pelen and Moucazambo Thierry of the visiting French theatre company “Les Porteurs d’eau,” Bhu drew its inspiration chiefly from conversations between the choreographers and Barbara of Ritam, Auroville and the work of Kalarigram, a Kalaripayattu institute in the vicinity of Auroville.

Bindu, who is working on a movie on the topic, shares her understanding of the importance of millets, internationally, nationally and locally.